Scriven Park

Home Farm House is a historic building in Scriven, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The timber framed building was perhaps built in about 1500, probably as the main farmhouse of the Slingsby Estate of Scriven Hall. It was a hall house with a rear aisle, in a style common in the Vale of York. It was altered around 1600, when the ground floor was rebuilt in stone, and around 1800 the upper floor was partly encased in brick. By the 1850s, it was serving as the Kings Head Inn. It was sold by Scriven Hall in 1965, and restored, the work including a rear extension and the replacement of many of the rear windows. It has been grade II* listed since 1966. The ground floor of the house is underbuilt in gritstone, the upper floor is encased in red-orange brick, and it has a hipped pantile roof. It has two storeys and three bays and outshuts. On the front is a doorway, five-light and four-light mullioned windows on the ground floor, and horizontally sliding sash windows on the upper floor. On the left return is exposed close studding. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace, exposed timber framing and wall paintings dating from about 1600.

Jacob Smith Park is a park owned by Harrogate Borough Council in the outskirts of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is located in Scriven, and was opened in 2008.

Scriven is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, close to the town of Knaresborough. From 1947 to 1998 Scriven was part of the Claro Registration District, until this was abolished. It is situated north-west of the A6055 road from Bond End and situated north-east of the B6165 Ripley Road. Scriven-with-Tentergate was a parish however in modern days it is now known as Scriven due to a boundary change. The name Scriven originally meant "Hollow-place" with pits and could have referred to the quarrying that occurred nearby. Tentergate however contains the derivative "gate", which is the Scandinavian translation for street, and was the place where cloth was stretched for drying.

Knaresborough Zoo was a zoo located in the grounds of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, a small market town within the district of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It opened on 29 July 1965 and closed on 13 January 1986.

Conyngham Hall is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Coghill Hall was built in about 1555. In 1796 it was purchased by Ellen, Countess of Conyngham, who rebuilt the house, and named it after herself. It was altered in the mid 19th century, with a range of rooms at the front and a portico added, probably for Basil Thomas Woodd. The house was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a hospital for injured servicemen. In 1945, the house was purchased by Knaresborough Urban District Council, which leased it to Tilcon Connecticut, and from 1965 until 1986 leased the grounds for use as Knaresborough Zoo. The property has remained in council ownership since, most recently rented to small businesses, with the former stables serving as an innovation centre. The hall has been grade II* listed since 1952. It is built of gritstone, with roofs of Westmorland slate and stone slate. There are two storeys, a front of three bays, and many extensions at the rear. The front has sill bands, a dentilled eaves cornice, a blocking course, a balustraded parapet with finials, and a hipped roof. In the centre is a portico with pairs of giant Ionic columns carrying an entablature with a triangular dentilled and corniced pediment. The doorway has a segmental pediment, and a keystone with a female mask and grapes, and has flanking windows. The windows are sashes in architraves, those in the ground floor with triangular pediments, and in the upper floor with keystones. In the left return are two two-storey canted bay windows, and the right return contains a bay window with a balustraded parapet. Inside, the entrance hall has Doric order columns, and leads to the staircase hall. The former library has 19th-century panelling, an overmantle in the Jacobean style, and a moulded ceiling depicting women and male warriors. The dining room has 18th-century plasterwork, alcoves with fitted tables, and a marble fireplace. Several upstairs doors are decorated with 18th-century paintings of women, wheat and scrolls. There are brick-vaulted cellars, a dumb waiter, and some early plasterwork and fitted cupboards. The stable block and coach house is also late 18th century, and is grade II listed. It is built of gritstone with a Westmorland slate roof. It forms three ranges around a courtyard, the rear range with two storeys, and with one storey elsewhere. The main range has five bays, the middle bay projecting, and containing a carriage arch with a trefoil head, and a triangular coped pediment. The flanking bays contain square recesses, and a moulded eaves cornice. The middle and end bays of the rear range contain round-arched recesses.

St John's House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The open hall house was constructed using timbers dated between 1488 and 1490. It built for the Prebendary of Beechill. A written confession of sins, dated to the early 16th century, was later found hidden in a beam in the building. The house was sold by the church in 1776, and has since been a private residence. It was grade II listed in 1952. The house is timber framed, with the ground floor and rear encased in gritstone, partly rendered, and it has a pantile roof. It has two storeys, three bays, and a rear aisle. The doorway has a gabled hood, and most of the windows date from the 20th century. In the upper floor is exposed close studded timber framing and curved braces. Inside, the original beams and joists survive and are visible. There is a large stone fireplace, and the stairs have 17th-century balusters.

St Mary's Church is a Catholic church in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Catholics in Knaresborough worshipped in Follifoot from 1750. In 1797, a linen factory in the town was converted into a chapel and priest's house. The current church was purpose-built between 1831 and 1832, in the style of a private house. It is said to have reused the foundations of St Hilda's Chapel, Rudfarlington. It was remodelled inside in 1973, and was reordered in 2001, when the sanctuary was moved to the south wall, the organ gallery was removed, and the entrance moved to the rear. The church was grade II listed in 1968. The church is built of gritstone, with a sill band, a lintel band, an eaves cornice, and a Westmorland slate roof. It has two storeys and a front of five bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment containing a cross in relief. In the centre is a projecting porch, now converted into a chapel, above which is a round-arched niche containing a statue. Most of the windows are sashes. Inside, the original ceiling survives, but the other fittings date from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The neighbouring presbytery is also grade II listed. It is built of gritstone, and has a hipped Westmorland slate roof. It has three storeys and three bays. In the centre is a doorway with a fanlight, and to its right is a bay window. To the left, and in the middle floor, are sash windows, and the top floor contains three blind windows.

High Bridge is a historic bridge over the River Nidd in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. A bridge over the river at this location was first recorded in 1200. The bridge was built in stone in the 14th century, three metres wide with rib vaulting and pointed arches. It was rebuilt in 1773, incorporating the original structure but four metres wide and with skewed end points on the banks, and a toll gate was added. The bridge was widened upstream in the 19th century, and in the 1920s, it was widened on both sides, and new parapets were constructed. It was grade II listed in 1952. The bridge carries Harrogate Road (A59 road). It is built of gritstone and sandstone and consists of two segmental arches with voussoirs. The bridge has pointed cutwaters on both sides and chamfered ribs, and a footpath has been built on the downstream side.

Knaresborough House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in the late 18th century, for the Collins family. It remained in the family until 1951, when it was sold to Knaresborough Urban District Council, which converted it into a town hall, with a council chamber and offices. It has been grade II listed since 1952. The house is built of limestone, with a balustraded band over the ground floor, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. The main block has three storeys and five bays, with a single-storey two-bay wing on the left and a two-storey two-bay wing on the right. In the centre is a portico with Tuscan columns carrying a fluted frieze, a dentilled cornice, and a triangular pediment, and a doorway with a fanlight. The windows are sashes. Inside, there is a cantilevered staircase, with a landing window containing painted glass, depicting coats of arms and monograms of the Collins family. The council chamber has a decorative plaster ceiling, and a wooden fireplace carved in the Classical style.

St John the Baptist Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. It is the largest church in the town.

Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630. The water of the well is so rich in sulphate and carbonate that artefacts may be put in the well to be "petrified" (encrusted) as a tourist attraction.The place is associated with the legendary soothsayer and prophetess Mother Shipton (c. 1488–1561), born Ursula Southeil, and reportedly the wife of Toby Shipton. According to legend, she was born in the cave. The cave and dropping well, together with other attractions, remain open to visitors and are run privately by Mother Shipton's Cave Ltd.

Knaresborough Old Manor House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house is believed to have originally been built in about 1208. A local legend claims that it was constructed as a hunting lodge for John, King of England, but there is no evidence of this. The building incorporated an oak tree, which still remains, concealed in a cupboard. Although it is known as the old manor house, named for the former manor of Beechill, it is not thought to have served this purpose, with the actual manor house having been near St John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough. A story claims that Oliver Cromwell stayed in the house, but he instead stayed in a house on the High Street, with his bed later being moved to the Old Manor House. The house was rebuilt in about 1661, and was restored in the late 19th century. An east extension was added in the 20th century. It was owned by the Roundell family from the 17th century for about 400 years. In the early 1800s, it was painted in a chequerboard pattern, supposedly by an owner who was a fan of chess. In the 1950s it was converted into a tearoom and later became a restaurant, but in the 1990s it was reconverted into a house. The building was grade II listed in 1952. The house has a timber framed core, the walls are in rendered stone, with chequered paintwork, and the roof is in stone slate with some Westmorland slate. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, and a two-storey porch projecting on the south side of the east wing. The windows date from the 19th century. Inside, the entrance hall has a stone flag floor, panelled partitions, and an open fireplace. The living room has elaborate carved panelling and a fireplace with the date 1661, and the room above has similar panelling.