Listed Building: Pinfold (1393222)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Department of Culture Media and Sport |
Date assigned | 03 April 2009 |
Date last amended |
Description
Village Pound or Pinfold, probably C18 and of Brick and Sandstone construction
PLAN: The pinfold is a roughly round enclosure with a single entrance to the north.
The pinfold is mostly constructed of handmade well coursed brick with a section of the exterior wall on the north-west side of sandstone construction. Coping stones are either curved sandstone or a brick. A single brick buttress supports the pound wall. The entrance has a stone jamb to the right side.
HISTORY: This pinfold is probably C18 in date and is shown on the 1850 First Edition Ordnance Survey map. Unusually it occupies a location at the end of the village rather than the more common central position.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION
This C18 pinfold has been designated for the following reasons
It is an effectively intact structure dating to before 1840
It is a well preserved example of a village pound or pinfold, a once common structure that is now becoming increasingly rare in a national context
For its historic interest as a surviving component of traditional village affairs, as a structure used to deal with the serious problem of stray livestock
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SE 5312 5124 (7m by 4m) |
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Map sheet | SE55SW |
Civil Parish | Rufforth and Knapton, City of York, North Yorkshire |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Record last edited
Dec 5 2018 2:27PM