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Brandsby
Brandsby is a village in North Yorkshire, England. The village is the main constituent of the Brandsby-cum-Stearsby civil parish. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It lies between Easingwold and Hovingham, some 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north of York.
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Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post
Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post is a historic site in Crayke, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The structure was part of a network of 1,518 Royal Observer Corps monitoring posts, built to a standard design. The first were constructed in the late 1950s, and Brandsby was one of the last to be completed, in June 1964. It was part of a group of posts, with the headquarters at York Cold War Bunker. They were to be used in the event of a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom. Half the posts were closed in 1968, and the remainder, including Brandsby, in 1991.
The building is underground, appearing at ground level as a rectangular, grass-covered mound with a flat top, an entrance hatch, and an air vent. There are also metal pipes which were mountings for monitoring equipment. The main shaft is 4.6 metres deep and contains a ladder. At the bottom is a drainage sump and a pump, and two rooms: a small closet, with a chemical toilet; and the monitoring room, with a rubber floor, and polystyrene tiles on the walls and ceiling.
The structure was investigated by Subterranea Britannica in 2002, finding much of the equipment still intact. It was restored, and occasionally opened to the public. It was grade II listed in 2012, upon which the landowner withdrew permission for public access.
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Brandsby Hall
Brandsby Hall is a historic building in Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, a village in North Yorkshire in England.
The hall was built between 1742 and 1748, on the initiative of Francis Cholmeley, on the site of an earlier house. In about 1785, it was altered, probably by Thomas Atkinson. The Chomeley family sold the house in 1912, following which it had a various private owners. It was Grade II* listed in 1952. In 2015, it was placed on the market for £4.75 million. At the time, it had a drawing room, study, billiards room, kitchen/breakfast room, nine bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
A country house in sandstone with a hipped Westmorland slate roof, three storeys and a U-shaped plan. The south front has seven bays, and there are five bays in the returns. The south front has a plinth, rusticated quoins, floor bands, a moulded cornice and a parapet. The windows are sashes in architraves with keystones.
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The Old Rectory, Brandsby
The Old Rectory is a historic building in Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The rectory was originally built in 1565, by Reverend Robert Wilson. It was a long, low building, with a T-shaped plan, and originally had a thatched roof. In 1809, Reverend William Smith commissioned an extension, at right-angles to the original building. The building was sold as a private house in 1938, and it was grade II* listed in 1952. In 2012, it was marketed for sale for £3.25 million. At the time, it had six bedrooms, three reception rooms and three bathrooms, plus two two-bedroom cottages, stables, a former coach house housing a swimming pool, and 18 acres of land.
The house is built of sandstone. The original part has a red and blue pantile roof, two storeys, seven bays, and a rear outshut. It contains double-chamfered mullioned windows with four-centred arched lights and sunken spandrels. The later range, containing the main front, has a hipped Westmorland slate roof, two storeys and five bays. It is on a plinth, and has a floor band, a cornice and a parapet. In the centre is a portico with Tuscan half-columns and a pediment, and a doorway with a traceried fanlight. The windows are sashes with cantilevered lintels and keystones.
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All Saints' Church, Brandsby
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
Brandsby was recorded in the Domesday Book as having a church. The Mediaeval church was demolished in the 1760s, and replaced by a building on a new site. It was commissioned by Frances Cholmeley of Brandsby Hall, and designed by Thomas Atkinson, who had previously designed the hall. Work started in 1767, and the building was completed in 1770. In 1905, the building was restored by Temple Moore, and in 1913, a baptistry, porch and vestry were added by H. Rutherford. The church was Grade II* listed in 1960.
The church is built of sandstone with a hipped stone slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel with three bays in one range, a south porch and a vestry. Over the middle bay is a cupola with an oculus in the square base, eight round-arched openings with three-quarter columns, a Doric frieze, and a stone dome with a ball finial and a weathervane. The windows on the sides of the church have round-arched heads, some with Gibbs surrounds, and at the east end is a Venetian window. The glass in the west window is by Charles Eamer Kempe, while the oak pulpit and lectern are by Temple Moore.