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Latitude: 53.9548 / 53°57'17"N
Longitude: -1.4466 / 1°26'47"W
OS Eastings: 436414
OS Northings: 451106
OS Grid: SE364511
Mapcode National: GBR LQBQ.M2
Mapcode Global: WHD9S.RVBK
Plus Code: 9C5WXH33+W9
Entry Name: Mounting Block
Listing Date: 14 December 2009
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1393596
English Heritage Legacy ID: 507213
ID on this website: 101393596
Location: Spofforth, North Yorkshire, HG3
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Civil Parish: Spofforth with Stockeld
Built-Up Area: Spofforth
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Spofforth with Kirk Deighton
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Mounting block
SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD
334/0/10016 CHURCH LANE
14-DEC-09 MOUNTING BLOCK
II
Mounting block, probably C18 or early C19.
FORM
Single piece of dressed sandstone to form two steps, possibly with a third, lower step concealed by the raised surrounding ground surface. The mounting block is simple in form and well weathered.
SITING
Sited on the road verge adjacent to a blocked gateway to a triangular parcel of land shown on the 1851 1:10560 Ordnance Survey map. This parcel of land now forms part of the garden to the current Rectory. Across the lane from the mounting block is a blocked carriage entrance to the Old Rectory.
HISTORY
It is speculated that the mounting block was associated with a house occupying the triangular parcel of land, but demolished before the 1851 map, possibly to improve the prospect from the former carriage entrance to the Old Rectory.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The mounting block is designated at grade II for the following principal reasons
* Although a very simple block of carved stone, it is a good example of a once common piece of street furniture, a reminder of the former importance of horse transport.
* The mounting block is thought to be pre-1840 in date, and is in its current location.
The mounting block is designated at grade II for the following principal reasons
* Although a very simple block of carved stone, it is a good example of a once common piece of street furniture, a reminder of the former importance of horse transport.
* The mounting block is thought to be pre-1840 in date, and is in its current location.
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