St John's House

St John's House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The open hall house was constructed using timbers dated between 1488 and 1490. It built for the Prebendary of Beechill. A written confession of sins, dated to the early 16th century, was later found hidden in a beam in the building. The house was sold by the church in 1776, and has since been a private residence. It was grade II listed in 1952. The house is timber framed, with the ground floor and rear encased in gritstone, partly rendered, and it has a pantile roof. It has two storeys, three bays, and a rear aisle. The doorway has a gabled hood, and most of the windows date from the 20th century. In the upper floor is exposed close studded timber framing and curved braces. Inside, the original beams and joists survive and are visible. There is a large stone fireplace, and the stairs have 17th-century balusters.

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St Mary's Church, Knaresborough

St Mary's Church is a Catholic church in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Catholics in Knaresborough worshipped in Follifoot from 1750. In 1797, a linen factory in the town was converted into a chapel and priest's house. The current church was purpose-built between 1831 and 1832, in the style of a private house. It is said to have reused the foundations of St Hilda's Chapel, Rudfarlington. It was remodelled inside in 1973, and was reordered in 2001, when the sanctuary was moved to the south wall, the organ gallery was removed, and the entrance moved to the rear. The church was grade II listed in 1968. The church is built of gritstone, with a sill band, a lintel band, an eaves cornice, and a Westmorland slate roof. It has two storeys and a front of five bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment containing a cross in relief. In the centre is a projecting porch, now converted into a chapel, above which is a round-arched niche containing a statue. Most of the windows are sashes. Inside, the original ceiling survives, but the other fittings date from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The neighbouring presbytery is also grade II listed. It is built of gritstone, and has a hipped Westmorland slate roof. It has three storeys and three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a fanlight, and to its right is a bay window. To the left, and in the middle floor, are sash windows, and the top floor contains three blind windows.

Knaresborough House

Knaresborough House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in the late 18th century, for the Collins family. It remained in the family until 1951, when it was sold to Knaresborough Urban District Council, which converted it into a town hall, with a council chamber and offices. It has been grade II listed since 1952. The house is built of limestone, with a balustraded band over the ground floor, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. The main block has three storeys and five bays, with a single-storey two-bay wing on the left and a two-storey two-bay wing on the right. In the centre is a portico with Tuscan columns carrying a fluted frieze, a dentilled cornice, and a triangular pediment, and a doorway with a fanlight. The windows are sashes. Inside, there is a cantilevered staircase, with a landing window containing painted glass, depicting coats of arms and monograms of the Collins family. The council chamber has a decorative plaster ceiling, and a wooden fireplace carved in the Classical style.

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Knaresborough Zoo

Knaresborough Zoo was a zoo located in the grounds of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, a small market town within the district of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It opened on 29 July 1965 and closed on 13 January 1986.

St John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough

St John the Baptist Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. It is the largest church in the town.