Listed buildings in Bulmer, North Yorkshire

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Bulmer is a civil parish in the former Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Bulmer and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of houses, cottages, a village hall, a church and items in the churchyard. Outside the village are a monument and a gateway to Castle Howard.

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Grade Criteria[1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings[edit]

Name and location Photograph DateArch Cottage Notes Grade
St Martin's Church
54°05′59″N 0°55′55″W / 54.09984°N 0.93197°W / 54.09984; -0.93197 (St Martin's Church)
11th century The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, including rebuilding the chancel in 1898. It is built in limestone and sandstone, with a roof of Westmorland slate to the nave and corrugated iron to the chancel. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a string course, diagonal buttresses, a small lancet window, double lancet bell openings, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles and a datestone. The porch has a late 12th-century doorway with two orders on moulded capitals.[2][3] I
Tomb of Iveson W - and family
54°05′59″N 0°55′54″W / 54.09976°N 0.93175°W / 54.09976; -0.93175 (Tomb of Iveson W - and family)
1717–19 The tomb is in the churchyard of St Martin's church to the south of the priest's door. It is a chest tomb in limestone on a moulded plinth. The tomb has a bowed face with an inscription, flanked by pairs of attached Tuscan columns, and on the top is a moulded slab.[4] II
Carrmire Gates, wall and end turrets
54°06′27″N 0°54′43″W / 54.10748°N 0.91204°W / 54.10748; -0.91204 (Carrmire Gates, wall and end turrets)
1726 An entrance to the grounds of Castle Howard, it is in limestone, and was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The gateway has a round arch with a triple keystone and an open pediment, flanked by square rusticated piers, surmounted by six pyramids. On each side is an embattled wall extending for about 30 metres (98 ft), and ending in mock medieval turrets, with two stages, cruciform arrow slits and embattled parapets.[5][6] I
Illegible headstone
54°05′59″N 0°55′55″W / 54.09973°N 0.93182°W / 54.09973; -0.93182 (Illegible headstone)
Early to mid 18th century The headstone is in the churchyard of St Martin's church to the south of the priest's door. It is in limestone, and has a moulded plinth. The headstone consists of a rectangular plaque with a moulded entablature, carrying a segmental pediment with a stylised four-petal flower on each side of the base. The inscription is illegible.[7] II
Tomb of John Turner
54°05′59″N 0°55′54″W / 54.09975°N 0.93163°W / 54.09975; -0.93163 (Tomb of John Turner)
1738 The tomb is in the churchyard of St Martin's church to the south of the southeast corner of the church. It is a chest tomb in limestone and has an oval inscribed plaque on a rectangular face, with shell motifs in the corners, flanked by fluted pilasters carrying a moulded slab.[8] II
Chapel Cottage and Chapel View
54°06′00″N 0°55′49″W / 54.10008°N 0.93020°W / 54.10008; -0.93020 (Chapel Cottage and Chapel View)
Mid to late 18th century A row of three cottages in limestone, with a pantile roof, gable coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and five bays. On the front are two doorways with divided fanlights. The windows are a mix of casements and horizontally-sliding sashes, some windows are blocked, and all have channelled lintels.[9] II
Chapel Farmhouse
54°06′00″N 0°55′50″W / 54.10000°N 0.93043°W / 54.10000; -0.93043 (Chapel Farmhouse)
Mid to late 18th century The farmhouse is in limestone, and has a swept pantile roof with gable coping. There is a single storey, and two bays, and a lower single-storey former barn to the right. The doorway has a divided fanlight, and the windows are casements.[10] II
Church Cottage
54°06′00″N 0°55′51″W / 54.09991°N 0.93080°W / 54.09991; -0.93080 (Church Cottage)
Late 18th century A row of three cottages in limestone, later combined into one house, with a pantile roof, gable coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and five bays. On the front is a porch, and the windows are a mix of casements and horizontally-sliding sashes, some windows are blocked, and all have channelled lintels.[11] II
The Old Rectory
54°06′01″N 0°55′54″W / 54.10023°N 0.93156°W / 54.10023; -0.93156 (The Old Rectory)
Late 18th century The house is in limestone, with the front faced in brick, a dentilled eaves course, and a swept pantile roof with gable coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys, five bays, flanking single-storey extensions, and rear outshuts under catslide roofs. The doorway has fluted pilasters, and a moulded pediment, and the windows are sashes with lintels and keystones.[12] II
Grange Cottage
54°06′02″N 0°55′48″W / 54.10061°N 0.92996°W / 54.10061; -0.92996 (Grange Cottage)
Late 18th to early 19th century The house is in limestone with a French tile roof. There are two storeys, two bays, and a cross-wing at the rear. In the centre is a doorway, and the windows are sashes with channelled lintels.[13] II
Arch Cottage
54°06′03″N 0°55′48″W / 54.10089°N 0.93009°W / 54.10089; -0.93009 (Arch Cottage)
Early 19th century A reading room, later a private house, in limestone with a Welsh slate roof, gable coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. The porch has a wide arch, and the windows are casements with tooled channelled wedge lintels.[14] II
Village Hall
54°06′07″N 0°55′45″W / 54.10198°N 0.92926°W / 54.10198; -0.92926 (Village Hall)
1840 A school, later a village hall, in limestone with a Welsh slate roof. There is a single storey, a main block of three bays, and lower flanking wings. The doorway is in the left wing, and elsewhere are sash windows in dressed architraves with lintels and keystones.[2][15] II
Monument to the 7th Earl of Carlisle
54°05′41″N 0°54′32″W / 54.09471°N 0.90876°W / 54.09471; -0.90876 (Monument to the 7th Earl of Carlisle)
1869 The monument commemorating the 7th Earl of Carlisle was designed by F. P. Cockerell. It is in granite and sandstone and consists of a tall column with garlands hanging down on the north and south sides, a capital carved with scrolls, heads and acanthus leaves, and surmounted by a gilt-bronze tripod. The column stands on a base approached by steps, with rusticated quoins, an inscription and a plaque, on a platform with knights' helmets on bases at the corners.[16][17] I

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  • Historic England, "Church of St Martin, Bulmer (1174317)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Tomb of Iveson W - and family in churchyard approximately 10 metres south of priests' door of Church of St Martin, Bulmer (1149627)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Carrmire Gates and Wall and end turrets, Bulmer (1174223)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Illegible Headstone in churchyard approximately 9 metres south of priests' door of Church of St Martin, Bulmer (1149626)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Tomb of John Turner in churchyard, approximately 10 metres south of south east corner of Church of St Martin, Bulmer (1295806)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Chapel Cottage, Chapel View and part of Chapel Farmhouse, Bulmer (1295816)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Chapel Farmhouse, Bulmer (1149625)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Church Cottage, Bulmer (1315738)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "The Old Rectory, Bulmer (1174366)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Grange Cottage, Bulmer (1315737)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Arch Cottage, Bulmer (1174235)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Village Hall, Bulmer (1315739)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, "Monument to the 7th Earl of Carlisle, Bulmer (1149624)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 April 2024
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 23 April 2024
  • Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.