Church of St Mary the Virgin, Richmond

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Richmond, is the Anglican parish church in the town of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. Previously, there was also Holy Trinity Church, Richmond, which served as a chapel. In the early part of the twentieth century, it was officiated over by the incumbent of St Mary's. In the 1960s, Holy Trinity was deconsecrated and now serves as the Green Howards' museum in the town. The patronage of the church was originally given to the monks of St Mary's Abbey in York, then at the Dissolution, it was offered to the Crown. Later, it was in the possession of the Bishop of Chester as part of the Diocese of Chester. It is now in the Diocese of Leeds. The churchyard at St Mary's has a plague pit and the graves of two soldiers from Waterloo, and it also used to house the original Richmond School building. The church and its surrounds are built on a hill that slopes down to the River Swale on the eastern side of the town. St Mary's has been subjected to several renovations, most notably in the 19th century, and is now a grade II* listed building.

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Mercury Bridge

Mercury Bridge (also known as Station Bridge), is a grade II listed structure that crosses the River Swale in North Yorkshire, connecting the town of Richmond to the south side of the river. The bridge was commissioned by the railway company whose Richmond railway station terminus lay across the river, and so provided ease of access to Richmond town where there had not been a bridge before. The bridge now carries the A6136 road and was renamed from Station Bridge in 1975 in honour of the Royal Corps of Signals (whose cap badge has a winged Mercury motif). The bridge was noted for being one of a few railway-owned bridges which carried no rails.

The Grove, Richmond

The Grove is a historic building in Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The house was built in 1750 by Caleb Readshaw, the mayor of Richmond. It lies on Frenchgate, raised above the road, behind a small garden with prominent trees. It is accessed up a flight of steps, which Richmondshire District Council described as a "significant feature" of the area. Bow windows were added later, probably in the early 19th century. The building was grade II* listed in 1952. The large house is built of red brick, with chamfered stone quoins, a moulded stone cornice, brick parapets with stone capping, and a slate roof. It has three storeys, a main block of five bays, and a recessed single-bay extension on the left. In the centre of the main block is a doorway with a moulded surround, a pulvinated frieze and a cornice. This is flanked by large semicircular bow windows, and the other windows on the main block are sashes with moulded stone frames. On the extension are three-light windows with rusticated keystones, and at the rear is a Venetian window.

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Richmondshire Museum

The Richmondshire Museum is a museum located in Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. The Museum Trust was founded in 1974 by the Soroptimists of Richmond and the Dales; the Museum opened in 1978 in a former joiner's workshop, and has expanded its collections ever since. The Museum incorporates a reconstructed cruck house, which contains a collection of domestic bygones. There is a Leadmining Gallery, which details the industry which flourished in Swaledale and the North Yorkshire Dales until the end of the nineteenth century. The Transport Gallery has a model of Richmond Railway Station. Another room contains the Herriot Set from the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small, and Barker's Chemist's Shop. The Wenham Gallery covers the history of Richmond and district. In 2008 the Museum opened a recreation of the Richmond grocer's shop where the founder of the Fenwick department store chain began his working life. Next to this there is a recreation of an ironmonger's shop and the Museum also houses the old post office from nearby Grinton. The Museum also boasts a purpose built Discovery Centre that can be used by both schools and visiting families. Here visitors can dress up and play in the mock up shop and with bygone toys; this room also houses the Museums Wednesday Workshops which are free activity sessions for families.

58 and 59 Market Place

58 and 59 Market Place is a historic building in Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was constructed in the mid 18th century, as a large house. In the early 19th century, the doorway and flanking windows were replaced. The building was grade II* listed in 1952. From the 1970s, the building was occupied by Woolworths, then after the chain closed in 2009, it was used by Heron Foods. The building is in painted roughcast, with rusticated quoins, a moulded cornice with modillions, a parapet, and a roof partly of slate and partly of pantile. It has three storeys and eight bays. Part of the ground floor is recessed, and to the left is a doorway with engaged Tuscan columns, a three-light fanlight, a triglyph frieze, and a moulded pediment. Also on this floor are two shop windows, and in the right bay is a segmental-headed carriage archway with shaped jambs and a rusticated keystone. The upper floors contain sash windows with rusticated keystones.