Pound is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2007. Pound, pinfold. 1 related planning application.
Pound
- WRENN ID
- ghost-courtyard-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2007
- Type
- Pound, pinfold
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1438/0/10002 24-JUL-07
OSMOTHERLEY NORTH END Pound
II
Village Pound or Pinfold, probably C18. Sandstone.
PLAN The pinfold is a square enclosure with a single narrow entrance to the south.
EXTERIOR The pinfold is constructed externally with tooled, coursed walling with quoins on edge and triangular coping. The entrance is spanned by a pair of dressed lintels.
INTERIOR Internally the walls forming the pinfold are of rubble construction.
HISTORY The pinfold is probably C18, possibly earlier and is shown on the 1857 1:10560 Ordnance Survey map and all subsequent editions.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE Pinfolds are a relic of medieval village administration and were designed to hold stray animals until their owners paid a fine for their release. Nearly all villages once had a pinfold, but well preserved surviving examples are becoming rare in a national context. The example in Osmotherley is well preserved and is constructed with relatively high quality stonework and thus fully meets the national criteria for listing. It has sufficient historical interest to merit listing in grade II.
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