Cononley

The New Inn is a public house in Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in about 1700, and it was extended to the rear in the 19th century. It was Grade II listed in 1984. As of 2013, the pub hosted quiz nights and live bands. In 2019, it began temporarily offering a Post Office service for three hours every Thursday. The building is constructed of pebbledashed stone and has a stone slate roof. It has two storeys, a main block, and a short cross-wing on the left. The doorway has a plain surround, the windows on the front are double-chamfered, with an almost continuous hood mould over the ground floor openings. At the rear is a double-chamfered mullioned window.

Cononley Hall is a historic building in Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Cononley Hall was first recorded in the 1540s, at which point it appears to have been a farmhouse. In about 1600, it was rebuilt as a manor house, part of which survives. By 1680, it was the home of the Swire family. In about 1770, the building was partly demolished and a large new extension was constructed. In the early 19th century, the Swires let out the hall, which served for periods as a boarding school. The Swire family sold the hall in 1837, and the building had a variety of owners until 1911, when it was divided into three properties. It has since been recombined, and operates as a bed and breakfast. It has been Grade II listed since 1954. The house is built of stone with quoins and stone slate roofs. The original part has coped gables and kneelers. It has three storeys, and the windows have chamfered surrounds and hood moulds. Most are replacements, but two windows have transoms. The later part has a hipped roof, a modillion cornice, three storeys and three bays. The windows are sashes in architraves. There is a Tuscan doorcase with engaged columns, a pediment and an arched doorway. The return has five bays, the central window of the middle floor with a pediment on consoles. In the wall is a re-set initialled and dated lintel. Inside, there is an early fireplace, and a staircase contemporary with the late-18th century extension.

Aire View is a linear settlement in the civil parish of Cononley, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north-west from Keighley and less than 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south-east from the centre of Cononley on Crosshills Road. Aire View holds one Grade II listed building, the late 17th to early 18th century Aire View Farmhouse with barn.

St John's Church is the parish church of Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A National School was opened in Cononley in 1846, and it was also used to hold Anglican church services. From 1854, the curate J. D. Wawn was based in the village, and he fundraised for the construction of a church in the village. It was designed by F. H. Pownall and was completed in 1864, at a cost of £1,200. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on the day of the Feast of Saint James. It was initially a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, Kildwick, but was given its own parish in 1871. The church was damaged by a major fire on 25 November 1946, in which most of the roof was destroyed, along with the vestry, but the windows, altar and war memorial survived. The church was described on completion as "plan and substantial". It is in the Geometrical Gothic style and contains a continuous nave and chancel. There is a bellcote at the west end, and a gilded cross at the east end. A chancel screen was installed in 1893 by Wawn's widow, in his memory.

Cononley railway station serves the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. It was originally opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway. It was closed on 22 March 1965, though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s.It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission. The station has two platforms and is right beside Cononley's main street. Step-free access is available to both platforms, via the level crossing at the Skipton end of the station. It is unstaffed but has now been fitted with ticket machines (one on the southbound platform and the other on the northbound side adjacent to the exit) to allow passengers to buy before travelling. An automated Tannoy system and digital information screens provide train running information to passengers.

Horace Mills is a former textile mill in Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. In 1837, two separately owned textile mills were built close together and in parallel, by the River Aire. They became known as the High Mill and Low Mill. The Low Mill was divided into two sections, each undertaking weaving, while the High Mill was a single operation, and undertook both spinning and weaving. The 1841 census recorded that around 500 people, three-quarters of the Cononley workforce, were working in the textile industry. From 1852, the two mills were under common ownership, although Low Mill was later demolished. In 1866, a further mill, the Aireside or New Mill, was constructed on the other side of the Aire, and in 1880, this mill was purchased by the owner of the High Mill, which later became known as Station Mill. Despite these changes, by 1881, the proportion of textile workers had declined to under one half of those employed in Cononley. In 1905, Station Mill was purchased by Peter Green & Co, which continued to produce textiles. In 1910, it partly rebuilt the mill, adding a fourth floor, and possibly reconstructing the north wall, with larger windows. The southern part of the mill was given over to the production of motors, under the direction of Peter Green's son, Horace. The site was steadily expanded over the following decades, and during World War II, it produced high frequency alternators for ADSIC. The company closed in 1997. Meanwhile, the larger part of the Aireside Mill was destroyed in a fire in 1992, the remaining single-storey section becoming an business park. Following the closure of Peter Green, Station Mill stood derelict for several years. It was later converted into apartments by Candelisa, and renamed "Horace Mill". The building retains its bellcote and Venetian window.

Cononley Mine is a former lead mine in Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Lead mining has taken place in Cononley on a small scale since the Mediaeval period. In about 1842, the area of the small mines was leased by the Duke of Devonshire, and developed as a single, larger mine. Several buildings survive from this period, including the engine house and chimney, gunpowder magazine, and forge, each of which are Grade II listed. In 1848 or 1849 an inclined plane was constructed, enabling a steam engine to haul ore and waste directly out of the mine. Production peaked at 804 tons in 1850. The mine was repeatedly extended, but production fell steadily, and was negligible after 1870. The mine was put up for sale in 1878, but there was no interest. The mine appears to have closed in 1882, but it reopened in 1919, work focusing on extracting baryte from waste tips. The last mining took place in 1958, while a plan to reopen the mine in 1982 was abandoned after it was discovered the workings were in worse condition than expected. A 1985 proposal to remove the waste tips to work through elsewhere was also abandoned, in the face of local opposition. The engine house is built of stone with some brick patching and quoins, and is roofless. There are two storeys and a rectangular plan. In the west gable end are two openings with pointed arches, voussoirs and keystones. The east gable end contains a doorway with a timber lintel and square openings, and there are other openings elsewhere, some blocked. The detached chimney is in stone with a tapering circular plan, and is 50 feet (15 m) high. Near the top and about 12 feet (3.7 m) lower are moulded bands. The magazine building is in stone with quoins and a corrugated iron roof. It has a single storey and a square plan. Apart from a doorway and a square opening in the east gable end, all the walls are blank. The former forge is also built of stone and is roofless. It has a square plan, a single storey and one bay. It contains a doorway with a plain lintel, and two blocked square openings. In addition to the buildings, the portal to the engine shaft survives, built of stone and approached by dry stone walls which taper towards the entrance. The walls rise to form a barrel vault leading to the shaft. The portal leading to the inclined plane is also built of stone. Stone-lined walls lead down to a semicircular-headed portal with large voussoirs and a projecting keystone, which leads to another barrel vaulted tunnel.

Glusburn is a village and electoral ward in Craven in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, sits on the A6068 Kildwick to Hapton road, and is conjoined to the village of Sutton-in-Craven at the south. The village is the older part of the civil parish of Glusburn and Cross Hills, historically known as Glusburn. The newer part of the parish is known as Cross Hills. The parish had a population of 3,902, increasing to 3,980 at the 2011 Census.

Malsis Hall is a historic building in Cross Hills, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first Malsis Hall was a manor house in existence by 1340, when it was owned by the Copley family. The hall was burned down in the 1540s during local riots against enclosure. A new hall was built for Alvery Copley in about 1550. In 1621, the Copleys sold the house to Richard Horsfall, but he was on the losing side in the English Civil War and had to raise funds by letting out the hall. It was sold in 1786, at which time it had a 300-acre estate, but by the 1860s was dilapidated. Mary Spencer inherited the house, and her husband, James Lund, funded its demolition and replacement with a new country house, completed in 1866. Later in the century, a tower was added, followed by an extension with a portico for carriages, and a service block. The hall was converted into Malsis School in 1920, with work including the addition of a war memorial chapel. The school initially leased the building, but later purchased the estate. It closed in 2014, and was converted into a care home. The building has been grade II listed since 1984. The building is constructed of stone with angle pilasters, an entablature, a pierced arcaded parapet with urns, and a slate roof, and is in Italianate style. There are two storeys, and an entrance front of twelve bays, with a porte cochère. Most of the windows have two lights, and cornices on consoles, those in the upper floor with round heads, and those in the ground floor with segmental heads. In the centre is a belvedere tower. The chapel has stained glass by John Piper.

Farnhill Hall is a historic building in Farnhill, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in the 15th century, as a single-storey fortified manor house. It was altered in the 16th century, and again in the 19th century, while the rear windows and front door are from the early 20th century. The house was grade I listed in 1954. The house is built of stone with a slate roof, hipped on the right. In the centre is a two-storey block with four embattled turrets, one at each corner, which is flanked by wings. Above the doorway is a small gabled dormer with machicolations, and the windows include a surviving pair of lights with trefoil heads. Inside the house is a large fireplace, and woodwork by Robert Thompson.

Malsis School located at a mansion known as Malsis Hall in the village of Crosshills, in North Yorkshire, England, was a co-educational independent pre-prep and preparatory school for pupils aged 3 to 13 years. The school was founded in 1920, and closed due to falling pupil numbers in 2014. Facilities at the school included a 3 km mountain bike trail, 9-hole golf course, swimming pool, all weather pitch, rifle range, 40 acres of grounds and a Chapel with windows by the renowned stained-glass artist John Piper. The school closed on 10 December 2014, when the final assembly started at 11 am and concluded at 1 pm. The next day the school trust went into administration with Ernst & Young of Leeds. The school's assets were auctioned off and the land and building sold by Eddisons, and having fully paid off its debts it passed into creditors voluntary liquidation and the company was finally dissolved on 4 August 2017 according to Companies House. In January 2015, The Old Malsis Association (OMA) was formed to represent the views of school alumni from down the years.

Glusburn Old Hall is a historic building in Glusburn, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The hall originated as the local manor house, and was probably in existence by the 14th century. The current building probably dates from 1637, although the datestone has been incorrectly recut to read "1537". In the 19th century, the doorways were altered, and an extension was added to the right-hand wing, which became used as a barn. By 1891, the house had been converted into farm cottages, but it was later recombined as a single large house. The building was grade II listed in 1954. The house is built of stone with a stone slate roof, coped gables, kneelers and apex finials. It has two storeys, an entrance front with three wide gabled bays, and a rear wing on the right. The middle doorway has initials and re-cut date in the spandrels, and to the left is an embattled turret. Most of the windows are mullioned with hood moulds, and some mullions are missing. There are two chimneys. The interior has been completely altered.