Listed buildings in West Markham
West Markham is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains four listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of West Markham and the surrounding area. The listed buildings consist of a church and headstones in its churchyard, and a mausoleum and its surrounding walls and railings.
Key[edit]
| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings[edit]
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| All Saints' Church 53°14′47″N 0°55′13″W / 53.24632°N 0.92033°W |
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Late 12th century | The church has been altered and extended through the centuries. It is mainly in rendered brick with pantile roofs, and consists of a nave, a south porch and a chancel. The upper part of the west end is timber framed, and it is surmounted by a weatherboarded turret with louvred openings and a pyramidal roof. In the south wall of the chancel is a 12th-century round-arched doorway with a chamfered surround, imposts and a hood mould.[2][3] | I |
| Row of four headstones 53°14′46″N 0°55′13″W / 53.24620°N 0.92017°W |
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1725 | The headstones are in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, to the south of the chancel, and are to the memory of members of the Minnit (or Minute) family. They consist of rectangular headstones with shaped heads and are dated between 1725 and 1758.[4] | II |
| Milton Mausoleum 53°14′58″N 0°55′47″W / 53.24931°N 0.92972°W |
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1832 | The mausoleum was designed by Sir Robert Smirke in Neoclassical style for the 4th Duke of Newcastle. It is in stone with roofs of lead and slate, and has a cruciform plan, consisting of a nave, tomb chambers to the north and south acting as transepts, and a mausoleum at the east end. At the crossing is an octagonal lantern with two stages, the lower stage has a colonnade of Doric columns, and the upper stage is an octagonal drum surmounted by a dome with a cross. At each corner of the mausoleum are pilasters supporting an entablature and pedimented gables, and the east front contains a portico with four free-standing Doric columns.[5][6] | I |
| Walls and railings, Milton Mausoleum 53°14′56″N 0°55′46″W / 53.24898°N 0.92957°W |
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1832 | The walls and railings enclosing the grounds were designed by Sir Robert Smirke. Most of the area is surrounded by low stone walls with spiked iron railings, and part of it has a wall in yellow brick with stone coping.[7] | II |
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Sources[edit]
- Historic England, "Church of All Saints, West Markham (1224486)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
- Historic England, "Row of 4 Headstones in Churchyard of Church of All Saints, 8 Metres South of the Chancel, West Markham (1266863)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
- Historic England, "Church of All Saints (Milton Mausoleum), West Markham (1224544)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
- Historic England, "Walls and Railings Enclosing Churchyard of Church of All Saints, West Markham (1224367)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2023
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2020) [1979]. Nottinghamshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24783-1.
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 25 October 2023