Listed buildings in Welbeck

Welbeck is a former civil parish in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contained 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The major building in the former parish is Welbeck Abbey, which is listed at Grade I, and all the other listed buildings are in the gardens or grounds of the abbey.

Key

Grade	Criteria
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Welbeck Abbey, picture gallery, chapel and library 53.26222°N 1.15573°W / 53.26222; -1.15573 (Welbeck Abbey, picture gallery, chapel and library)		12th century	A country house on the site of a Premonstratensian abbey that has been altered and enlarged many times through the centuries, including work by Humphry Repton and John Carr. It is built in stone with moulded copper tile roofs. The main range has two storeys, attics and a basement and 14 bays flanked by three-storey pavilions, and it is linked by a curving picture gallery wing to a chapel and a library. The middle three bays project under a pediment, and in the centre is an ornate porte-cochère. Most of the windows are sashes, and there are some mullioned casements. The north front has two storeys and 13 bays, and a balustrade, and it contains a three-storey tower and a domed lantern. The south front has three storeys and 17 bays and contains four-storey towers and pavilions.	I
Chapel and Titchfield Library 53.26299°N 1.15707°W / 53.26299; -1.15707 (Chapel and Titchfield Library)	—	Mid 18th century	A service wing converted into a chapel and a library, it is in stone on a plinth, with a raised eaves band, an embattled parapet, and a copper roof with a decorative ridge, stone coped gables, decorative finials and ornate clock cupolas. There are two storeys and 15 bays. The central doorway has a vermiculated rusticated surround, a fanlight with an arched head, and a keystone, flanked by iron lamp brackets. Also on the front are sash windows, and two further doorways, all with raised eared architraves.	I
Pair of lodges flanking North Drive, Welbeck Abbey 53.26303°N 1.16128°W / 53.26303; -1.16128 (Pair of lodges flanking North Drive, Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 18th century	The lodges are in stone on a plinth, and have a moulded band under an embattled parapet. Each lodge has a single storey, a single bay with a projecting bay on each side, and a rectangular plan. The doorways at the front are surrounded by a raised band, and have an ogee arch with a finial, at the rear is a sash window in a similar surround, and on the front facing the drive is a quatrefoil.	II*
Pair of lodges flanking South Drive, Welbeck Abbey 53.26149°N 1.15933°W / 53.26149; -1.15933 (Pair of lodges flanking South Drive, Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 18th century	The lodges are in stone on a plinth, and have a moulded band under an embattled parapet. Each lodge has a single storey, a single bay with a projecting bay on each side, and a rectangular plan. The doorways at the front are surrounded by a raised band, and have an ogee arch with a finial, at the rear is a dummy window in a similar surround, and on the front facing the drive is a quatrefoil. Attached to the road side bay is a single wrought iron, hollow, decorative pier, with coping surmounted by a with decorative scroll.	II*
Pair of lodges flanking the entrance to Glass Court Drive, tunnel entrance and wall 53.26321°N 1.15782°W / 53.26321; -1.15782 (Pair of lodges flanking the entrance to Glass Court Drive, tunnel entrance and wall)	—	Mid 18th century	The lodges are in stone on a plinth, and have a moulded band under an embattled parapet. Each lodge has a single storey, a single bay with a projecting bay on each side, and a rectangular plan. The doorways at the front are surrounded by a raised band, and have an ogee arch with a finial, at the rear is a sash window in a similar surround, and on the front facing the drive is a quatrefoil. To the rear of the west lodge is a rusticated and coped wall ending at the tunnel entrance. This has a plinth, impost bands, and a panelled parapet. It contains a large carriage archway with a rusticated surround, shaped voussoirs and a keystone. Over it is a moulded band, and it is flanked by pilasters with urns. Attached is a rusticated and coped wall on a plinth, ending in a coped pilaster with an orb.	II*
Wall, fountain lions, seat and summer house southwest of Welbeck Abbey 53.26143°N 1.15818°W / 53.26143; -1.15818 (Wall, fountain lions, seat and summer house southwest of Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 18th century	The stone coped garden wall runs to the north and the west. Set into the west wall is a stone and marble fountain with two lions standing on the coping, and a curved garden seat with scrolled arms and on claw feet behind. The wall ends in a pedimented summer house, with a copper roof, a single storey and three bays. It contains a loggia with Doric columns, a triglyph and a modillion cornice. The central doorway is flanked by single arched fixed lights.	II
Pair of ice houses 53.25811°N 1.15486°W / 53.25811; -1.15486 (Pair of ice houses)	—	Late 18th century	The ice houses in the grounds of Welbeck Abbey are in stone, and have three entrances, all blocked. There are three ventilators, the left with an iron cap, the middle one with a ventilator shaft in red brick and stone, and the right with a shaft in blue brick.	II
Glass Court, Camelia House and tunnel entrance 53.26343°N 1.15699°W / 53.26343; -1.15699 (Glass Court, Camelia House and tunnel entrance)	—	Mid 19th century	The workshops are in stone, with a moulded eaves band and a slate roof. There is a single storey and 18 bays. Alternating bays contain a doorway with rusticated jambs, and sash windows with eared architraves and keystones. Projecting from the left is Camelia House in glass and iron, with a single storey and three bays. At its rear is a stone wall with a balustraded parapet containing a carriage archway with imposts and a vermiculated keystone and similar voussoirs. There is also an arched doorway flanked by vermiculated rusticated pilasters, and a plain frieze.	II
Grotto 53.26298°N 1.15619°W / 53.26298; -1.15619 (Grotto)	—	Mid 19th century	The grotto in the grounds of Welbeck Abbey is in rough hewn rock. Walls flank the 21 steps down to the arched entrance. Inside, there are single rooms leading off to the right and left.	II
Tunnel entrance, wall and gateway to Glass Court 53.26366°N 1.15749°W / 53.26366; -1.15749 (Tunnel entrance, wall and gateway to Glass Court)	—	Mid 19th century	The tunnel entrance is in stone on a plinth, and has impost bands and a moulded parapet. It contains a large carriageway with a keystone, flanked by rusticated pilasters. Attached to each side is a curved coped wall on a plinth with cast iron brackets. On the right is the entrance to Glass Court, which has a coped flat arch flanked by square piers with orb finials.	II
Entrance walls and piers west of Welbeck Abbey 53.26202°N 1.15815°W / 53.26202; -1.15815 (Entrance walls and piers west of Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 19th century	Flanking the entrance to the house is a pair of rusticated stone piers on shaped bases, with copper lamps, and at the top is moulded coping surmounted by lions. Extending from the piers on each side is a curved balustraded wall, meeting a small rusticated pier with a copper lamp, continuing at a right angle and ending at another similar pier. Nearer to the house is a pair of similar piers.	II
Wall and gateway north of Welbeck Abbey 53.26289°N 1.15640°W / 53.26289; -1.15640 (Wall and gateway north of Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 19th century	The wall is in stone, it is coped, and has 20 bays. Between each bay is a rusticated pilaster, and each bay contains two recessed blind arches with keystones on squat piers. The gateway has a central vermiculated rusticated pier with an orb. On the right is a decorative iron gate, the left gate is missing, and they are flanked by similar piers surmounted by pedestals.	II
Walls, fountains, summer houses and other ornaments south and west of Welbeck Abbey 53.26227°N 1.15480°W / 53.26227; -1.15480 (Walls, fountains, summer houses and other ornaments south and west of Welbeck Abbey)	—	Mid 19th century	The gardens to the south and east of the house have stone balustraded walls containing decorative iron gates. In the south garden is a large copper, marble and stone fountain decorated with cherubs, garlands and mythical heads. The east garden is terraced, and contains decorated terracotta urns, curved and decorated stone seats, lead and stone figures, and a large stone and copper fountain with cherubs' heads, surmounted by a figure and a swan. To the north are two summer houses, the western one with a curved colonnade, a triglyph and a dentilled cornice. The eastern summer house has a semicircular plan, a gabled copper roof, and a central wooden arch with a keystone and decorative ironwork.	II
Abbot House and Hamlyn Lodge 53.26129°N 1.16772°W / 53.26129; -1.16772 (Abbot House and Hamlyn Lodge)	—	c. 1860	A lodge and workshops in stone on a plinth, with a moulded eaves band, and a tile roof with a decorative copper ridge and stone coped gables with kneelers and orb finials. There are two storeys and an attic, and five bays, the outer bays projecting and gabled. In the middle bay is an open three-bay arcade with keystones and a strapwork parapet with orb finials. The flanking bays contain three-bay arcaded porches and inner doorways. The windows are mullioned casements with hood moulds, and here are two gabled dormers. Recessed to the right is a single-storey seven-bay wing with three Tudor arched doorways.	II
College Hospital and wall 53.26141°N 1.16802°W / 53.26141; -1.16802 (College Hospital and wall)	—	c. 1860	A school later used for other purposes, it is in stone on a plinth, with a moulded eaves band, and a shaped tile roof with a decorative copper ridge and stone coped gables with kneelers and orb finials. There are two storeys and an attic, and five bays, the outer and middle bays projecting and gabled, the middle gable shaped. In the centre is a casement window in a recessed panel with a rusticated surround and a keystone. Above it is an oriel window with decorative strapwork, flanked by oeil-de-boeufs, and the other windows are casements with quoined surrounds, mullions and hood moulds. To the left is a stone coped wall containing a window and a Tudor arched doorway with a hood mould.	II
Millwood Lodge 53.27261°N 1.17552°W / 53.27261; -1.17552 (Millwood Lodge)	—	c. 1860	The lodge is in stone on a plinth, with quoins and a decorated tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The upper floor of the middle bay projects over cast iron columns, under which is an arcaded porch with a cast iron modillion cornice, and the doorway has a chamfered surround. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements, the middle window in the upper floor with a Tudor hood mould. The flanking windows are gabled, with bargeboards, finials and pendants.	II
Park Lodge 53.24862°N 1.15535°W / 53.24862; -1.15535 (Park Lodge)		c. 1860	The lodge is in stone on a plinth, with quoins and a decorated tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The upper floor of the middle bay projects over cast iron columns, under which is an arcaded porch with a cast iron modillion cornice, and the doorway has a chamfered surround. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements, the middle window in the upper floor with a Tudor hood mould. The flanking windows are gabled, with bargeboards, finials and pendants.	II
Shrubbery Lodge 53.26625°N 1.16002°W / 53.26625; -1.16002 (Shrubbery Lodge)	—	c. 1860	The lodge is in stone on a plinth, with quoins and a decorated tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The upper floor of the middle bay projects over cast iron columns, under which is an arcaded porch with a cast iron modillion cornice, and the doorway has a chamfered surround. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements, the middle window in the upper floor with a Tudor hood mould. The flanking windows are gabled, with bargeboards, finials and pendants.	II
Tunnel Entrance and walls north of the College Hospital 53.26197°N 1.16865°W / 53.26197; -1.16865 (Tunnel Entrance and walls north of the College Hospital)	—	c. 1860	The tunnel entrance is in stone, and it contains a central large carriage entrance with a vermiculated rusticated surround, flanked by vermiculated rusticated pilasters rising to a moulded cornice. On each side is a coped wall ending in a round pier, the left with an orb finial.	II
Riding School 53.26256°N 1.16938°W / 53.26256; -1.16938 (Riding School)	—	1869	The riding school, later converted for other purposes, is in stone, cast iron and glass, on a plinth, with a moulded eaves band and a shaped tile roof. There are two storeys, a quadrangle plan, and fronts of 19 and five bays. The middle and outer bays of the main front project under coped gables with orb finials. In the centre is a large carriage entrance with a rusticated surround and a keystone, flanked by vermiculated rusticated pilasters and an entablature with finials. The outer bays contain blind arches with rusticated surrounds and keystones. In the upper floor are fixed lights with eared surrounds and keystones.	II*
Strong Room 53.26128°N 1.16720°W / 53.26128; -1.16720 (Strong Room)	—	c. 1870	The building is in stone on a plinth, with a moulded eaves band, and a slate roof with coped gables, kneelers and orb finials. There is a single storey and attics, and five bays, the middle bay projecting under a gable. The central doorway is arched and has a vermiculated rusticated surround and a keystone, and is flanked by vermiculated rusticated pilasters and an entablature with finials. The windows are sashes with raised surrounds and keystones, and the window above the doorway has a decorative scroll at each corner.	II
Water Department 53.26082°N 1.16642°W / 53.26082; -1.16642 (Water Department)	—	c. 1870	A group of service buildings in stone, with a moulded eaves band, and slate roofs with coped gables, kneelers and orb finials. There is a single storey and attics, and they form a quadrangle plan, with three ranges of seven bays, the quadrangle completed by a coped and stepped wall with buttresses. The central doorway has rusticated jambs, a flat arch and a keystone, the windows are sashes, and there is one oeil-de-boeuf with four keystones.	II
Sunken Garden and Rose Arbor 53.26271°N 1.15973°W / 53.26271; -1.15973 (Sunken Garden and Rose Arbor)	—	Late 19th century	The sunken garden contains two summer houses in red brick with rough hewn stone facing. The south summer house has a balustraded base, and the roof is supported by four herms. The other summer house has a copper roof, a pediment on columns, a modillion cornice and a clock face. Around the edges of the pools and the tennis court are coped piers. The rose arbor has partly rusticated walls, stone rose troughs and a glazed roof.	II
Weir and gateway 53.26121°N 1.15295°W / 53.26121; -1.15295 (Weir and gateway)	—	Late 19th century	The weir in Shrubbery Lake is crossed by a road, and at the east end is a gateway. The weir has a single central arch, and the road has balustraded parapets ending in piers with urns. The gateway is in iron, and contains gates with decorative fretwork, flanked by hollow iron piers surmounted by coping and a family crest. Outside these on each side are three sets of decorative iron screens, diminishing in size, divided by, and ending in, round piers.	II
Cricket pavilion 53.25965°N 1.15595°W / 53.25965; -1.15595 (Cricket pavilion)	—	1908	The cricket pavilion is in stone and wood, with a moulded eaves band and a slate roof. There are two storeys and seven bays, the middle five bays projecting under a pediment containing a coat of arms. In the centre is an archway with impost blocks, a keystone and an iron gate, and stairs lead to the upper floor. The windows are casements, those in the upper floor divided by Doric columns. At the rear is a single storey and a basement and seven bays, the middle three bays under a gable containing an oval window with four keystones. The doorway has a segmental pedimented hood on wooden brackets, and the windows are the rear are sashes.	II
Boat house 53.26462°N 1.15373°W / 53.26462; -1.15373 (Boat house)	—	Early 20th century	The boat house on Shrubbery Lake is in brick, with a wood tiled roof, hipped at the rear with overhanging eaves. The exterior is clad in wood, simulating the effect of a log cabin. There is a single storey and three bays, with flanking projecting bays at the rear, and it contains three large sliding doors.	II

References

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