Bramham cum Oglethorpe is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 40 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, nine are 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 Bramham and the surrounding area. In the parish is Bramham Park, a country house, which is listed together with a number of structures in its grounds.[a] The other listed buildings include houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, a church, the remains of a medieval cross, a disused windmill, a former aircraft hangar, and a war memorial.
The church, which incorporates some Anglo-Saxon material, was altered during the following centuries and restored in 1853. It is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has three stages and contains small round-headed windows, clock faces, a corbel table, an embattledparapet with corner pinnacles and gargoyles, and a short recessed octagonal spire. The nave has an embattled parapet on a corbel table with gargoyles and pinnacles.[2][3]
The remains of the cross are in magnesian limestone. They consist of a base about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) square and 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) high, the upper part brought to an octagon, on which is the stump of an octagonal shaft.[4]
A farmhouse, later a private house, with a timber framed core, encased in stone in the later 17th century. The house is in magnesian limestone with a pantile roof, and has one storey with attics and three bays. The doorway has a pantiled canopy, some of the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, and there are two gableddormers.[2][5]
The barn is in magnesian limestone with quoins and a pantile roof. It contains modern sliding doors, vents, an altered wagon entrance, and a lancet-shaped owl hole.[9]
The house, which was later remodelled, is in magnesian limestone on a plinth with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and an H-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay main range and flanking gabled cross-wings. The central doorway has an architrave, a mouldedhood mould, and an initialled and dated lintel. The windows are sashes with lintels scored to resemble voussoirs. In the left return is a cantedbay window and a gabled dormer.[2][10]
The farmhouse, later a private house, has been altered and extended. It is in magnesian limestone, and has a tile roof with copedgables and kneelers. There are two storeys, three bays, and an added bay on the left. The doorway has a chamfered surround, and a large rectangular lintel, above which is an inscribed and dated stone. The windows are horizontally-sliding sashes.[11]
A country house for Robert Benson, and probably designed by him, it was damaged by fire in 1828, and restored in 1906–14 by Detmar Blow. It is in magnesian limestone with stone slate roofs. The house has a main range and is linked by colonnades to pavilions. The main range has a mouldedcornice, a balustradedparapet, three storeys, a double-pile U-shaped plan, and a symmetrical front of 13 bays. The entrance in the piano nobile floor is approached by ramped steps with a balustrade, and has double doors with an architrave, a triple keystone and a cornice on consoles, and the windows are sashes. The colonnades have three bays, Tuscan columns and entablatures, and the pavilions have two storeys and hipped roofs. At the rear, the doorway has Corinthian columns and a segmental pediment, and is approached by a curved double staircase.[12][13]
A rectangular pond fed by two basins on the west side, and with cascades and three basins on the south side, all with walls and surrounds in magnesian limestone. The great cascade has twelve steps, and ends in a segmental pond fed by dragon head spouts. The area is surrounded by terraces with retaining walls and flights of steps.[14][15]
Pavilions were added to the stable block in about 1760. The building is in magnesian limestone with slate roofs, and is in Palladian style. It consists of a main range flanked by screen walls and pavilions, and with a receding rear wall on the left. The main range has two storeys and nine bays, the middle three bays forming a portico with four Tuscan columns and a pediment containing an oeil-de-boeuf window. The doorway has a rusticated surround, and a keystone. The outer bays contain an arch in their middle bays, sash windows, a mouldedcornice and a parapet. In the centre of the roof is a clock tower with a rotunda, a ball finial, and a weathervane. The screen walls contain niches, and the pavilions are gabled with two storeys and three bays. In the upper floor of each is a Venetian window flanked by niches.[16][17]
The gate piers at the entrance to the forecourt are in magnesian limestone. Each pier has pilasters on four sides and columns on three sides, and all have vermiculated bands, an entablature and a cornice, and are surmounted by a heraldic beast with a shield. Attached to the piers are L-shaped low walls, at the front joining to rectangular pedestals surmounted by sphinxes. The retaining wall runs along the forecourt and has rounded coping.[18][19]
The ha-ha, which forms the boundary wall to the north terrace, is in magnesian limestone. It is about 400 metres (1,300 ft) long, with a return at the east end of about 100 metres (330 ft). The wall is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, with rounded coping, and it contains rectangular piers and drainage spouts at intervals.[20]
The parterre has walls and associated structures in magnesian limestone. It has a rectangular plan, about 70 metres (230 ft) by 35 metres (115 ft). The side and end walls have a plinth and vermiculated raised panels. At the inner end of each side wall is a carved pillar about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) square and 4 metres (13 ft) that has a pedestal with a vermiculated panel, on which is a pillar between volutes, with an entablature surmounted by a swan-neck pediment. The end wall has a central bow containing a fountain and a rusticatedpilaster at each end. The straight sections contain coved niches, and on the coping are six fluted urns with ramshead handles.[23][24]
The statue is in magnesian limestone, and stands on a square pedestal about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, its sides carved with martial and musical motifs, and with a moulded cap. The statue depicts a draped female figure with her arm raised.[23][25]
The sundial in the centre of the parterre is in magnesian limestone. It has a base of two octagonal steps, and consists of a vase pedestal with a splayed cap, on which is an inscribed brass plate and a scrolled gnomon.[26]
The vase is in magnesian limestone, and has a square base and a cubic pedestal with raised vermiculated panels and a moulded cap. The vase has a square section with concave sides containing carved faces in garlands.[27]
A farmhouse, later divided into two dwellings, it is in magnesian limestone with quoins and a pantile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, with a four-bay front, a rear wing, and an outshut in the angle. Two doorways have been inserted, with rectangular fanlights and lintels. Most of the windows are sashes, and there is an attic dormer.[28]
A formal water feature, it consists of a long arm with earthen banks, and a cross-piece at 60 degrees with retaining walls of magnesian limestone.[14][29]
The stable block to the south of the main stable block is in magnesian limestone, with quoins and a pyramidal stone slate roof. There are two storeys, a square plan, and four bays. On the west front is a blocked arcade of four elliptical arches, each containing a stable door, and above are two two-light windows.[30]
Originally a summer house designed by James Paine in Classical style, the chapel is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. At the front is a porch with four Ionic columns, an entablature, a dentilledcornice, and a balustradedparapet. The doorway has a round head, a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and is flanked by sash windows with balustrades below. The upper floor has a pediment and square windows. On the sides are single-storey semi-octagonal wings, each on a plinth, and containing a coved niche with a balustrade, and with a semi-pyramidal roof.[23][32]
The circular pond on the east side of the terrace is in magnesian limestone and has a moulded rim and a diameter of about 3 metres (9.8 ft). In the centre is a stone fountain about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high consisting of a vase pedestal with three fish twined around it.[33]
The wall to the north of the garden and the gate piers are in magnesian limestone. The gate piers have a square section, and each pier is about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, with a chamferedplinth, a moulded cap, a moulded pyramidal pedestal, and a ball finial. On the inner side of each pier is a scrolled console. The wall is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high and has rounded coping.[35]
The stable block is in magnesian limestone, with a roof of pantiles and some stone slate. There are two storeys, a rectangular plan, and a symmetrical front of three bays, the middle bay projecting. In the middle bay are doorways and a blind ogee arch above, and the outer bays contain Diocletian windows in the upper floor, and altered doorways below.[36]
The disused windmill is in magnesian limestone, and is tapering with a circular plan. It contains two doorways, one blocked, and square windows. On the east side is an iron ladder and a drainpipe, and the superstructure is missing.[37]
The monument is to the memory of a dog, and is in magnesian limestone. It consists of a tall quatrefoil column with two annulets, a mouldedcruciform cap, and a banded ball and cushion finial. The column stands on a short cubic pedestal with a painted inscription.[38]
The house and the cottage attached to the right are in magnesian limestone with stone slate roofs. The house has quoins, a sill band, and a pedimentedgable containing a blind oeil-de-boeuf window. There are two storeys and two bays. The round-headed doorway has a fanlight, imposts and a keystone, and the windows are sashes. The cottage has three storeys and two bays. In the first bay is a segmental-headed former wagon entrance converted into a window, and a sash window above. The other windows are replacements.[39]
A large house, later used for other purposes, in magnesian limestone with a slate roof, and a double-pile plan. It consists of a central block with two storeys and five bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment, which is flanked by five-bay wings, on the left with three storeys, and on the right with two. In the centre is a Tuscan porch and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight, above which is a tripartite window with an Ionicarchitrave, an apron with a blind balustrade, and an open segmental pediment. In the outer bays are sash windows with sill bands, and over them is a modillionedcornice and a low parapet. The centre parts of the flanking wings project and each contains a niche with a statue and an oculus above. Attached to the outer end of each wing is a quadrant screen wall with a doorway.[7][40]
Built as the lodge to Bowcliffe Hall, it is in magnesian limestone with a first floor hood mould, a mouldedcornice, an embattledparapet, and a pyramidal slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, a square plan, and a symmetrical front of three bays. Steps lead up to the central gabled and arched porch and doorway, above which is an inscribed stone plaque. The basement windows are mullioned, and the other windows are mullioned and transomed.[42]
The summer house, later a museum, is in magnesian limestone and in Gothic style. It has a single storey and is symmetrical, consisting of a central bay with buttresses, and flanking wings. In the centre is an arched doorway that has engaged shafts with foliate caps, and a moulded head with a trefoilfanlight, flanked by windows with pointed heads. Above is a string course, a frieze containing a carved shield, and a parapet with four crockettedpinnacles. The recessed lower wings each contains a window with a pointed head and a hood mould, and crocketed pinnacles.[14][43]
The chapel in the garden to the west of the hall is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof, and incorporates material from a cell at Nostell Priory. It has a rectangular plan, measuring about 5 metres (16 ft) by 3 metres (9.8 ft). In the south side is a doorway with a chamfered surround, a four-centred arched head and a hood mould, and to the right is a four-light Perpendicular window. There is a similar five-light window in the east gable end, and in the west gable end is a window with four cusped lights.[7][44]
A pair of cottages in magnesian limestone that have a stone slate roof with copedgables, kneelers and finials. There are two storeys and a U-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay range and projecting gabled wings. The doorways have chamfered surrounds, and the windows are mullioned, with a continuous hood mould over the ground floor and separate hood moulds above. Over the upper floor windows in the middle range are gablets.[45]
The folly in the garden of the house contains a privy, and is in the form of a ruined medieval tower. It is in magnesian limestone with a semicircular plan, it is built back-to-earth, and has a single storey, and screen walls. The building contains a doorway and a loop window.[46]
The aircraft hangar, later used for other purposes, was built by the Royal Flying Corps. It is in timber with panels of steel and concrete laminate, and a segmental-arched roof with felt cladding. The roof has a span of 25 metres (82 ft), and the building is about 50 metres (160 ft) long. At the ends are vertical windows and a central ventilator, and to the north side of the hangar are offices.[7][47]
The war memorial is at a junction of roads in the centre of the village, and is about 5 metres (16 ft) high. It has a square limestoneplinth on a base of three steps, and consists of a Maltese cross on a tapering gritstone shaft. On the front of the shaft is an inscription. Running round the sides of the plinth is an inscription, and on the faces of the plinth are bronze plaques with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars. The memorial is enclosed by six wooden posts with linking chains.[48]
At each corner of the lawn in the forecourt of the hall is a small obelisk in magnesian limestone. Each obelisk is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and it stands on a base of two courses and a pedestal with a cap.[18][49]
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