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Listed buildings in Ryhill

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Ryhill is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Ryhill and the surrounding area, and the listed buildings consist of a well head and a farmhouse.

Buildings

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Well head
53°37′36″N 1°25′05″W / 53.62654°N 1.41811°W / 53.62654; -1.41811 (Well head)
Medieval (probable) The well head is in sandstone with a steeply pitched sandstone roof, and consists of a single cell. In the north wall is a square-headed doorway with a chamfered surround, above it is a round-headed niche, on the gable apex is a pedestal for a finial or cross, and on the sides are ledges. Two steps lead down to a stone cistern of water, and the roof has a barrel vault.[2]
Rycliff Farmhouse and wall
53°37′28″N 1°25′13″W / 53.62442°N 1.42041°W / 53.62442; -1.42041 (Rycliff Farmhouse and wall)
Mid or late 17th century The farmhouse is in sandstone, and has a stone slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. There are three storeys, two bays, and a two-storey rear wing. The central doorway has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. At the front of the house, enclosing the garden, is a wall with ridged coping.[3]

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  • Historic England, "Well Head at SE 3858 1459 (in field behind Woodlands), Ryhill (1227234)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 August 2021
  • Historic England, "Rycliff Farmhouse with attached garden wall, Ryhill (1226649)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 August 2021
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 31 August 2021