Hartwith cum Winsley

Hartwith cum Winsley is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically it was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a detached part of that parish. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The main settlement in the parish is the village of Summerbridge. The parish also includes the hamlets of Low Laithe, New York, Brimham, Hartwith and the eastern part of Smelthouses. Winsley consists of some scattered houses and farms in the east of the parish. In 2015 the population of the parish was estimated at 1,020. The parish occupies the north side of lower Nidderdale. In the north of the parish are Brimham Rocks.

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St Jude's Church, Hartwith

St Jude's Church is an Anglican church in Hartwith cum Winsley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in 1751, as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, Kirkby Malzeard. It was extended to the east in 1830, with a vestry and sexton's room also added. It was given its own parish in 1861. In 1878, the interior was refurbished, a chancel arch inserted, and a porch and bellcote added. It was dedicated to Saint Jude in 1891. The building was grade II listed in 1987. The church is built of gritstone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch and a chancel. On the west gable is a gabled bellcote, and the windows have pointed heads, those in the porch and chancel with hood moulds.

Summerbridge, North Yorkshire

Summerbridge is a village in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Nidd, adjacent to Dacre Banks on the opposite bank of the river, and lies about 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of Pateley Bridge. The village is part of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. The village has one public house, the Flying Dutchman, owned and operated by Samuel Smith Old Brewery, tea rooms and several other shops (including a general store and a large hardware store). There is also a garage and several more businesses on a small industrial estate at New York, sometimes considered part of Summerbridge. There is also a large Methodist church, a primary school and a retained fire station. Summerbridge is served by two-hourly buses of Harrogate Bus Company (route 24) between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge. The village is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Hartwith cum Winsley. It is the nearest village to Brimham Rocks, 2 miles (3 km) away.

Dougill Hall

Dougill Hall is a historic building in Summerbridge, North Yorkshire, a hamlet in England. The house was built in 1722, for John Dougill. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as having "a handsome five-bay front, a good example of the local manner". In 1910, a single-storey extension was added to the right of the house, and an old service building behind it was converted into a flat in 1980. The building was grade II* listed in 1952. In 2024, it was described as having a dining room, drawing room, snug, kitchen, utility room, workshop, cloakroom and various storerooms on the ground floor, along with the annexe with a lounge, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. It had three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor; and four bedrooms and a play area on the second floor. It had five-and-a-half acres of grounds, including a paddock, and was offered for sale at £2.3 million. The house is built of gritstone, with a deep moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course with panels, and a stone slate M-shaped roof with stone coping. It has three storeys, a double depth plan, five bays, and a two-storey two-bay rear service wing. The central doorway has an eared and shouldered architrave, a dated and initialled lintel and a cornice. On the front, the lower two storeys contain cross windows, each with a moulded architrave, a pulvinated frieze and a cornice, and in the top floor are two-light mullioned windows with architraves and keystones. At the rear are recessed chamfered mullioned windows, and shaped kneelers. Inside, the front left room has original pine panelling including a cupboard. The rear left room has original plasterwork to the ceiling and a fireplace built in 1970 which incorporates a lintel from an outbuilding, inscribed "R 1612 D". Other original features include the main staircase and many of the doors.

Brimham Lodge

Brimham Lodge is a historic farmhouse in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, in England. The farmhouse was built in 1661 for Thomas Braithwaite. Additional bays were added to the left and right in the 19th century, and some restoration work was done in the mid 20th century. In the 1940s, the farm was purchased by Tom Gratton, who walked his 16 cows almost 20 miles from Pool in Wharfedale. More recently, it has operated as a dairy farm, with 200 cows on 300 acres. The building was grade I listed in 1987. The house is built of gritstone, and has a blue slate roof with moulded kneelers, splayed coping and bulbous finials. There are two storeys and attics, five bays, and a rear staircase wing. The central doorway has a chamfered moulded surround of large blocks, and a lintel with an enriched ogee arch. Above it is a large initialled and dated block and a single-light window. Elsewhere on the front are recessed chamfered mullioned windows with up to six lights and continuous hood moulds over the lower two floors. In the rear wing is a three-light mullioned and transomed stair window. North of the farmhouse is a grade II-listed outbuilding of similar date. It is also built of gritstone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with shaped kneelers and gable coping. It has two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a stable door with a chamfered quoined surround, and a large lintel with a shallow four-centred arch. To the right is another doorway, and on the left stone steps lead up to a doorway with a quoined surround. The windows are recessed, chamfered and mullioned. South of the farmhouse is a 17th-century grade II-listed mounting block. It is built of gritstone, and consists of three steps surrounding a platform about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide and 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) high. In the centre of the platform is a sundial, consisting of a shaft chamfered to a square 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, with the gnomon missing. The front garden wall is late 17th century and is also grade II-listed. It is built of gritstone with ridged coping, and is between 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high. At the north end of the west wall is a gateway with chamfered quoined jambs, and a lintel with a shallow four-centred arch and hollow moulding. In the centre of the south wall is a gateway with stone piers about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high with ball finials.