Listed buildings in Doncaster (Bessacarr Ward)
Bessacarr is a ward in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The ward contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is to the southeast of the centre of Doncaster and is residential.[1] The listed buildings are a church with medieval origins, a 20th-century house, and a leisure centre.
Key
[edit]| Grade | Criteria[2] |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
[edit]| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Wilfrid's Church 53°30′22″N 1°04′08″W / 53.50605°N 1.06895°W |
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Early 13th century | The church was altered and extended through the centuries, it was restored in 1874 by George Gilbert Scott, and further restored in 1892–94 by Ninian Comper, who also added the north aisle. The church is in stone, the body of the church is rendered, and the roof is in stone slate. The church consists of a nave with aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower with a south vestry. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, and a west doorway with a four-centred arch. At the top are corner and central gargoyles, and an embattled parapet with corner and central pinnacles.[3][4] | II* |
| 3A Ellers Road 53°30′33″N 1°05′23″W / 53.50912°N 1.08979°W |
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1967–68 | A house designed by Peter Adlington with walls of concrete blockwork, a felted flat roof, a single storey, and a U-shaped plan. The aluminium-framed windows look into internal courtyards or into the south garden.[1][5] | II |
| The Dome 53°30′56″N 1°05′58″W / 53.51557°N 1.09942°W |
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1986–89 | The leisure centre has a steel frame, and the exterior is in polished concrete. Its internal areas include a semicircular leisure pools area, a semicircular ice rink, an events sports hall and a gym hall, a cycling studio, a dance studio, squash courts, a fitness room, bars and snack bars.[6][7] | II |
References
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Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Harman & Pevsner (2017), p. 230
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Harman & Pevsner (2017), pp. 158–159
- ^ Historic England & 1151446
- ^ Historic England & 1393115
- ^ Harman & Pevsner (2017), p. 219
- ^ Historic England & 1485053
Sources
[edit]- Historic England, "Church of St. Wilfrid, Bessacarr (1151446)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 November 2021
- Historic England, "No. 3A Ellers Road, Bessacarr (1393115)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 November 2021
- Historic England, "The Dome, Bessacarr (1485053)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 October 2023
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 8 November 2021
- Harman, Ruth; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2017), Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-22468-9