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3 unusual facts about Grade II*


Grade II* listed buildings in Chiltern

This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Chiltern in Buckinghamshire.

Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – City Centre

The building is noted for its decorative details including the bronze entrance doors, which feature reliefs by Stirling Lee and depict various pairs of famous friends (e.g. Achilles and Patroclus, Castor and Pollux)

Grade II* listed buildings in Tyne and Wear

Over a third of these are constituent parts of the Byker Wall housing estate, which is given its own sub-heading below.


All American Stakes

The All American is the first Grade III event on its new Tapeta Footings main track which was unveiled on November 7, 2007.

Allaire du Pont

The Grade III Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap at Pimlico Race Course was renamed the Allaire du Pont Breeders' Cup Distaff in her memory.

Argent Centre

The Argent Centre is a Grade II* listed building on the corner of Frederick Street and Legge Road in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England.

Arnspitze Group

Whilst the Große Arnspitze and the Arnplattenspitze may be reached either from Mittenwald via the Riedberg or from Scharnitz on a partially exposed climbing route, the ridge path of the three peaks, including the Mittlere Arnspitze requires climbing expertise of grade II standard.

Axwell House

Axwell House (also Axwell Hall) is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, situated at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.

Biddlestone

Biddlestone Roman Catholic Chapel is a Grade II* listed building, and is all that now remains of the former mansion Biddlestone Hall.

Birmingham Metropolitan College

The buildings were mostly constructed in the 1950s as purpose-built structure although the college also obtained the Grade II* listed Moat House which was built in the 17th century by Sir William Wilson.

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Opened as a prison in 1779, many of its buildings and the co-located Glenside campus of the University of the West of England (UWE) are Grade II listed.

Castle Hotel, Aberaeron

The Castle Hotel, Aberaeron is located in a Grade II listed building in the coastal town of Aberaeron, Ceredigion, West Wales.

Chew Stoke

Its original buildings were demolished in 1858 and replaced with new ones to designs by S.B. Gabriel that are now Grade II listed.

Church of All Saints, Sawtry

Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

Del Mar Derby

A Grade II race open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs).

Del Mar Handicap

The Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and three-eighths miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course.

Ebrington Manor

Ebrington Manor is a Grade II listed manor house in Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England.

Gaddesden Place

The building, which is listed as Grade II, was purchased in 1984 by Charles Moir, founder of Computer Concepts (later Xara from 1995), a software company, and has been the headquarters of Xara Group Ltd, latterly acquired by MAGIX, since that time.

Gervase Jackson-Stops

Jackson-Stops developed a unique home in The Menagerie, a Grade II listed building at Horton, Northamptonshire, part of the estate buildings for the now demolished Horton House and seat of the Earl of Halifax.

Gosforth House

Gosforth House now known as Brandling House is a Grade II listed building built as a mansion house and now serving as a hospitality and conference centre at Gosforth Park Racecourse, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L12

In 1957 Mona Best, mother of the drummer Pete Best bought the house and in 1959 opened the basement as a coffee and music club.

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L18

In 1922 the house became part of Quarry Bank High School, later Calderstones School.

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L2

Around the monument are statues depicting personifications, and on the top of the dome is one representing Fame.

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L25

On the top is a cornice with a bronze bust of Queen Victoria by Count Victor G. Gleichen.

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L3

There are entrances in the end bays with pointed arches above which are niches containing statues of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Grade II listed buildings in Southampton: M–O

It was sculpted by Richard Cockle Lucas as a memorial to the banker, Robert Pearce (died 1861), and his family.

Grayingham

Grayingham Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to Saint Radegund.

Ipswich Airport

The site has since been redeveloped as the Ravenswood housing estate; the Grade II listed terminal building was retained and has been converted into a community centre and flats by Ashwell Property Group.

Kirkley Hall

Kirkley Hall is a 17th-century historic country mansion and Grade II listed building situated on the bank of the River Blyth at Kirkley, near Ponteland in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, which is now an Horticultural and Agricultural training centre.

Mesabi Maiden

The daughter of Cox's Ridge and Steel Maiden out of Hall of Fame Champion Damascus is probably best remembered for winning the mile and an eighth Grade II $200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 1996.

Ogle, Northumberland

Kirkley Hall is a 17th-century historic country mansion and Grade II listed building situated on the bank of the River Blyth, which is now a Horticultural and Agricultural training centre.

River Vyrnwy

The early stages of the river are predominantly Grade II white water with a few Grade III sections, most notably the Vyrnwy Gorge near the village of Dolanog.

San Diego Handicap

This Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt.

Shavington cum Gresty

Shavington Hall is a small country house, built in 1877 for the Earl of Shrewsbury in a Tudor Revival style; it is listed at grade II.

Smoke Glacken

He won the Grade II Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes at Laurel Park, the Grade III Riva Ridge Stakes at Belmont Park, the Grade III Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park by eight lengths, the Grade III Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup Stakes, the Mountain Valley Stakes, and the Black Gold Handicap.

Stannington, Sheffield

Significant buildings in the area include the Christ Church parish church on Church Street; the Unitarian chapel, Underbank Chapel; and the country house, Revell Grange; all of which are Grade II listed structures.

Swan Bridge

Swan Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the Castle Mill Stream in the city of Oxford, England.

Sweet Vendetta

Her connections including pop star owner David Cassidy decided to enter her in the second jewel of America's defacto Filly Triple Crown, the $200,000 Grade II Black-eyed Susan Stakes.

Telly's Pop

In his outstanding two-year-old season, in addition to a win in the Haggin Stakes Telly's Pop won the 1975 Del Mar Futurity at Del Mar Racetrack followed by the Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita Park, and then the California Juvenile Stakes at Bay Meadows Racetrack, all Grade II events that comprised the California Triple Crown for his age group.

The Old Bull and Bush

The Old Bull and Bush is a Grade II listed public house near Hampstead Heath in London which gave its name to the music hall song "Down at the old Bull and Bush" sung by Florrie Forde.

The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel

The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel was a vegetarian hotel that opened in 1898 in the County Buildings (now Grade II* listed), Corporation Street, Birmingham, England, as an expansion of a vegetarian restaurant on the same site.

Thomas Holbein Hendley

In 1886, in conjunction with Samuel Swinton Jacob, Hendley designed the Grade II-listed Jaipur Gate which stands outside Hove Museum and Art Gallery in Hove, East Sussex.

Thornford

There are a number of Grade II listed buildings in the village, the centre of which, dominated by a Victorian clock tower, was designated a Conservation area in 1994.

Tile Cross

Landmarks in the area include Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, a Grade II listed building, which has an associated primary school, and nearby Sheldon Hall, a Grade II* listed building.

Wideopen

To the south of the village is the 19th-century Sacred Heart RC Church, a Grade II listed building notable for its stained glass windows, which bear designs by Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and William Morris.

The area includes the Grade II listed Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church.

Wright's Almshouses, Nantwich

The building was originally erected at the junction of Hospital Street and London Road in 1638 by Edmund Wright (later Sir Edmund Wright), Lord Mayor of London in 1640–41, and is listed at grade II*.

Wyldes Farm

Wyldes Farm is a Grade II* listed former farm house near Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, NW11.


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