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Grassington
Grassington is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,126. It is situated in Wharfedale, about 8 miles (10 km) north-west from Bolton Abbey, and is surrounded by limestone scenery. Nearby villages include Linton, Threshfield, Hebden, Conistone and Kilnsey. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Grassington Hall
Grassington Hall is a historic building in Grassington, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The manor house was probably built in the 1280s for Robert de Plumpton. From that period survives what is now the north-east range, including several of the original windows. It is sometimes held to be the oldest inhabited house in the Yorkshire Dales. In the 17th century, George Lister and the Topham family rebuilt part of the hall, and added a new wing to the southwest. Around 1800, the first floor rooms were partitioned. The hall was restored in about 1870 for the Duke of Devonshire, to serve as accommodation and offices for his lead agent, work including a new roof and main staircase. It was again restored in 1980, with work including lower extensions to the left and right. The building was grade II* listed in 1954.
The house is built of gritstone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with bulbous kneelers, gable copings and ball finials. It has two storeys and attics, two parallel ranges, and fronts of two and three bays. Most of the windows are mullioned with hood moulds, although in the Mediaeval hall there is also a paired lancet windows. In the left bay of the main front is a two-storey porch containing a pointed arch with a chamfered surround and quoined jambs. The southwest facade has a doorway from 1870, in the Tudor style. Inside, there is a 17th-century fireplace, narrowed in the 18th century. The northeast section includes a first floor hall with an undercroft.
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Grassington Congregational Church
Grassington Congregational Church is a historic church in Grassington, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
In 1811, two or three residents in Grassington became interested in congregationalism, and requested that student ministers from Idle visit to preach. This proved successful, and a church building was quickly constructed, opening on Christmas Day. In 1857, an infants' school was added at the rear of the church, and the front and left facades of the church were rendered in stone. The roof was replaced in 1861, and in 1876 pews were installed on the ground floor. An extension with a kitchen and toilets was added in 1988, and the church was repaired in 2009. The building was grade II listed in 1989.
The church is built of gritstone, partly rendered, with stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof with stone gable copings and kneelers. There are two storeys, and fronts of three bays. On the entrance front are incised angle pilasters, and two round-arches doorways each with an architrave, tie-stone jambs, a fanlight with radial glazing, a keystone and a hood mould. Between the doorways is a rectangular window, above which is a plaque under sun-ray moulding containing an inscription and the date. All the windows date from the 20th century. There is an internal porch, with a wooden staircase leading up to a balcony, now divided from the main hall but retaining its original seating. The main chapel has a raised platform to the north-east, and cast iron columns supporting the balcony.
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Grassington Town Hall
Grassington Town Hall is a municipal building in Main Street, Grassington, a town in North Yorkshire, England. The complex is in three parts comprising the original building, a large assembly hall behind, and a theatre behind that. The complex is managed by the Grassington Devonshire Institute.
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Grassington Methodist Church
Grassington Methodist Church is a historic church in Grassington, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
John Wesley preached in Grassington in 1780 and 1782. A congregation formed, initially as part of the Skipton circuit, but in 1810, Grassington was given its own circuit, with a dedicated minister. A new chapel was completed in 1811, with an attached Sunday school. In 1825, the building was refronted, and a new gallery and pews were installed. There was further work on the church in the late 19th century, including some new furnishings. The building was grade II listed in 1989.
The church and Sunday school are built of gritstone with stone slate roofs. The church has two tall storeys, a gabled front and three bays. On the front are a doorway and flanking windows, three similar windows in the upper floor, all with round-arched heads and blind fanlights. There is a sill band, and the gable is coped, with shaped kneelers. The school to the left has one storey, a half-basement and two bays. The central doorway has a plain surround and a cornice, and is flanked by two-light mullioned sash windows. Both the church and school are approached by steps, and the forecourts are enclosed by walls with decorative railings containing gates.