Eyam is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 55 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Eyam and the surrounding countryside. The history of the village is notable because when the plague broke out in 1666, the village went into voluntary quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading outside. Some of the listed buildings are associated with this event, including cottages occupied by the victims of the disease, and their gravestones. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages and farmhouses and associated structures. The other listed buildings include a church, a cross and tombs in the churchyard, the rectory, a well head, water troughs, a set of stocks, and the former engine house to a lead mine,
| 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 |
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross 53.2841°N -1.6747°W | The cross in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church is in stone, and consists of a square base and a tapering shaft with a Celtic cross. Its decoration is complex and well organised, and includes interlace carving, and two figurative scenes depicting the Virgin and Christ, and an angel with trumpet. On the head of the cross are carvings of angels in panels. | |||
| St Lawrence's Church 53.2843°N -1.6748°W | The church was remodelled in the 15th century and partly rebuilt in 1618, it was restored and extended by G. E. Street in 1868–70, and the south aisle and the porch were rebuilt in 1882–83 by John Dodsley Webster. The chancel is built in limestone with a tile roof, and the rest of the church is in gritstone with a lead roof. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, a two-light west window with a pointed arch and a datestone above, a clock face on the south side, two-light bell openings, a moulded string course with gargoyles, and an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. On the south chancel wall is an ornate sundial. | |||
| The Olde House and garage 53.2874°N -1.68°W | 1615 | The house and barn, later converted into a garage, are in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays, and the single-bay garage to the left. The doorway has a chamfered quoined surround, a slightly arched head, a lintel with shields, and a central initialled and dated plaque, and a stepped hood mould. The windows are mullioned, and there are two coped gabled dormers, each with a coat of arms in the gable. | ||
| Ruins of Bradshaw Hall 53.2871°N -1.678°W | A country house now in ruins, it is in gritstone with quoins and without a roof. There are two storeys and an irregular plan. The remaining openings include mullioned and transomed cross windows, and a doorcase with a quoined and chamfered surround. | |||
| 2 and 3 Church Avenue 53.2844°N -1.6755°W | A pair of cottages at right angles, in limestone and gritstone, with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a roof of stone slate with chamfered gable copings and kneelers to the south. There are two storeys, No. 2 has a single bay, and No. 3 has two. No. 2 has a doorway with a quoined surround, mullioned windows, and a bull's eye window in a moulded surround with four keystones. No. 3 has a doorway with a plain surround, mullioned windows, and a horizontally-sliding sash window. | |||
| Eyam Hall 53.2849°N -1.6766°W | A small country house in gritstone, partly rendered, with quoins, continuous moulded string courses forming hood moulds, parapets with moulded copings, and stone slate roofs with moulded gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays, and a two-storey west wing. The house has an H-shaped plan, the south front with a two-bay central range and projecting gabled wings. The central doorway has pilasters and a raised keystone, and the windows are mullioned. The east front has three gables, and at the rear is a gabled stair tower. | |||
| Merrill House 53.2872°N -1.6797°W | The house is in rendered stone with gritstone dressings and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a chamfered quoined surround, and the windows are mullioned with casements. There is a continuous hood mould over the ground floor openings, and separate hood moulds in the upper floor. | |||
| Mompesson's Well 53.2913°N -1.6672°W | The well head is in gritstone. It consists of a stone trough, covered to the west by a rectangular slab, and crossed by humped ribs. The well head is enclosed by iron railings. | |||
| Plague Cottage and Rose Cottage 53.2843°N -1.6757°W | A pair of gritstone cottages with quoins, and stone slate roofs with a coped gable and moulded kneeler on the west. There are two storeys and four bays. The doorways have flush surrounds, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes. | |||
| Tomb 7 metres south of church porch 53.2841°N -1.6748°W | The tomb in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church is in gritstone, and is a table tomb. On the east and west ends are panels with carvings in relief depicting a skull and crossbones, a winged angel head, and an hourglass. Elsewhere, there are fluted pilasters, flowers in vases, and urns. The slab has moulded sides and no inscription. | |||
| Wall and water troughs 53.2867°N -1.6778°W | The water troughs and wall alongside the road are in gritstone. There are three large troughs, and a retaining wall to the north. | |||
| Lydgate Graves and wall 53.2834°N -1.6705°W | 1666 | There is a pair of plague gravestones inscribed with the date and the details of two members of the Darby family. The area is enclosed by coped stone walls. | ||
| Riley Graves and Graveyard 53.284°N -1.6586°W | 1666 | The graveyard is in an isolated location and is enclosed by gritstone walls. It contains six gravestones and a table tomb, all to the memory of members of the Hancocke family. | ||
| Tomb of Catherine Mompesson 53.2842°N -1.6746°W | 1666 | The tomb of Catherine Mompesson, wife of William Mompesson, is in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church, and is a table tomb in stone on a stepped base. On each face are inset panels, and on the corners are baluster-type pilasters. The north and south sides have raised armorial shields, and on other faces are inscriptions and depictions of hourglasses. The top slab has moulded edges and an inscription. | ||
| Tomb of H. Merrill 53.2881°N -1.6803°W | 1666 | The is in an isolated site, and is a table tomb in gritstone. The tomb is plain with a flat top inscribed with initials and the date. | ||
| Hall Farmhouse 53.2854°N -1.6773°W | 1761 | The farmhouse is in gritstone, partly rendered, with quoins, and a roof in tile and stone slate. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a lintel with initials and the date inscribed in a shield. There is a single-light window, and the other windows are mullioned, all with casements. | ||
| Barn northwest of Eyam Hall 53.2853°N -1.6772°W | The barn, which incorporates a byre and a hayloft, is in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with moulded gable copings and kneelers on the south. There are two storeys and four bays, and a later single-story extension to the east. On the west front is a doorway with a chamfered quoined surround and a massive lintel, and on the east front is a doorway with a chamfered quoined surround, and a segmental-headed archway. | |||
| Barn west of Eyam Hall 53.285°N -1.6772°W | The barn, which incorporates a byre and a hayloft and which has been converted for other uses, is in limestone and gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with moulded gable copings and kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays, and at the east is a projecting single-storey bay. On the front are two doorways with quoined surrounds, one converted into a window, a large archway, a flight of external steps, and in the upper floor are three hayloft doors. | |||
| Garden House and wall, Eyam Hall 53.2844°N -1.676°W | The garden house is in limestone and gritstone with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a stone slate roof with moulded gables and kneelers. There are two storeys and one bay. In the east and west fronts are doorways with chamfered and quoined surrounds, and on the north front is a flight of steps leading to an upper floor doorway with a moulded surround. The windows are mullioned. Attached to the house and continuing round the garden is a wall in limestone and gritstone with chamfered coping, and one section in red brick with gritstone bands. | |||
| Gates and attached walls and terrace, Eyam Hall 53.2848°N -1.6767°W | At the entrance to the grounds, three semicircular steps lead up to iron gates flanked by square piers, with bands, decorated panels, moulded cornices, and ball finials. Outside these are gritstone walls with chamfered copings, and to the west is a gateway with a quoined chamfered surround, and moulded capitals. Inside the grounds, five semicircular steps lead up to a paved terrace that has a gritstone retaining wall with chamfered copings. | |||
| Outbuilding southwest of Eyam Hall 53.2849°N -1.677°W | The outbuilding is in limestone and gritstone with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a stone slate roof with moulded gable copings and kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a doorway with a quoined surround and a moulded inner edge, a large lintel, and a hood mould, and the windows are mullioned. External steps with a coped wall lead up to a doorway in the south gable end. | |||
| Village Stocks 53.2846°N -1.6771°W | The stocks consist of two gritstone piers, one with a curved top, and both have long slits on the inner surfaces. The cross bars are wooden and contain four holes. | |||
| Tomb 12 metres southeast of church porch 53.2841°N -1.6746°W | The tomb in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church is in stone, and is a table tomb. The base has panelled sides and a moulded band. The slab has gadrooned edges, acanthus leaves on the corners, and an illegible inscription. | |||
| 1 Church Avenue 53.2842°N -1.6756°W | A cottage in limestone and gritstone, with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a roof of tile and stone slate with moulded gable copings and kneelers. There are two storeys and an irregular plan, and contains plank doors and casement windows. To the west is an attached gabled cottage with mullioned windows. | |||
| 10 Church Street and two attached cottages 53.2837°N -1.6735°W | A row of three gritstone cottages on a plinth, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, and each cottage has a single bay. On the front are three doorways with flush surrounds, and the windows are a mix of horizontally-sliding sashes and casements. | |||
| Barn northwest of the Coach House 53.2841°N -1.6758°W | The barn, later converted for other uses, is in gritstone with quoins and a tile roof with moulded gable copings and kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. Some of the windows are mullioned, and there is a hayloft door. | |||
| Dale Head 53.284°N -1.6721°W | The house, possibly with a 17th-century core, is in stone, partly rendered, with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth range, and a single bay. The doorway has a flush surround, above it is a casement window, and the other windows are mullioned. | |||
| Derwent Cottage and Derwent House 53.2837°N -1.6735°W | A pair of gritstone houses with chamfered quoins, and stone slate roofs with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys, and each house has three storeys, a central doorway with rusticated jambs and a semicircular pediment. The outer bays contain Venetian windows with imposts and raised keystones; the central lights are sashes, and the outer lights are casements. | |||
| Highcliffe Farmhouse and Jumber Cottage 53.2935°N -1.6806°W | A farmhouse divided into two houses, it is in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with moulded gable copings and kneelers. There are three storeys and two bays. A doorway has been converted into a window, a doorway has been inserted, and the windows are mullioned. | |||
| Laburnum Cottage 53.2858°N -1.6772°W | The cottage is in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys, two bays, and a later extension to the left with a rounded corner. On the front is a latticed wooden porch, and the windows are mullioned with sashes. | |||
| Outbuilding south of Merrill House 53.2871°N -1.6799°W | The outbuilding, later converted for residential use, is in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. In the ground floor are two doorways and a fixed window, and the upper floor contains a two-light mullioned window. | |||
| Plague Cottage 53.2842°N -1.6756°W | A cottage, possibly with a 17th-century core, it is in limestone and gritstone with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a roof of stone slate and tile, with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway has been inserted, and the windows are mullioned. | |||
| The Firs 53.2877°N -1.6738°W | A gritstone house with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a doorway and the windows are mullioned. | |||
| Bagshaw House and outbuildings 53.284°N -1.6756°W | The house is in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with a coped gable and moulded kneelers to the right. There are two storeys and two bays, and a recessed single-bay outbuilding to the right. In the centre is a doorway with a moulded surround and a bracketed moulded stone hood, and the windows on the front are sashes. The outbuilding has a segmental-arched doorway and a divided fanlight, and above is a hayloft opening. At the rear are mullioned windows. | |||
| Edge Lea 53.2866°N -1.6778°W | A gritstone house with quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a quoined surround, above which is a stilted semicircular window with a keystone, and the other windows are sashes. | |||
| Mompesson Cottages 53.2844°N -1.6723°W | A pair of cottages that were extended in the 19th century, they are in gritstone with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys, two bays, and a recessed single-bay extension on the left. In the original part are two doorways and mullioned windows, and the extension, which is rendered, contains a doorway and casement windows. | |||
| Upper Birch Row 53.2847°N -1.6692°W | A row of three gritstone cottages with quoins, and a stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded kneelers. There are two storeys, and each cottage has one bay. The doorway have flush surrounds, and the windows are mullioned. | |||
| Aughton House 53.284°N -1.6753°W | The house is in rendered red brick with stone dressings, chamfered quoins, a sill band, a coved eaves cornice, and a slate roof with coped gables and plain kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has rusticated jambs and a fanlight with diamond tracery. The windows are sashes with keystones. | |||
| Church Cottage, Church View and attached house 53.2838°N -1.6746°W | A row of cottages in gritstone with quoins and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. On the front are three doorways with plain surrounds, and the windows are sashes. | |||
| Eyam House 53.2886°N -1.6875°W | The house, which was extended later in the century, is in gritstone with hipped Westmorland slate roofs. The original part has two storeys and three bays, and the recessed extension has two storeys and attics, and two bays. The main front has corner pilasters, a band, and a moulded cornice. Steps lead up to the central doorway that has pilasters, and a shallow pediment with acroteria. To the south is a rectangular bay window, the other windows in the original part are sashes, and in the extension they are mullioned. | |||
| Gate piers, Eyam House 53.2888°N -1.6876°W | There are three gate piers. They are in gritstone, square and rusticated, and |