Bewerley Grange

Bewerley Grange is an early 16th-century schoolhouse and chapel range, now a private house and chapel, originally built by and for the monks of Fountains Abbey. It was extended and altered in 1679 by Samuel and Henry Taylor for Lady Yorke, and restored in the early to mid-19th century. The building is constructed of ashlar and coursed squared gritstone with a graduated stone slate roof.

It is a long, south-facing range comprising a single-storey, two-bay chapel at the right end and a three-bay single-storey house with an attic storey to the left. The chapel has a probable 19th-century porch reusing 16th-century stone for the plinth and gable coping; the inner door is 20th century set within a new opening with a sawn-stone lintel. A 2-light recessed cavetto-moulded mullion window is behind the porch, with 4-centred arched heads to the lights and a hoodmould. Further windows to the right and on the north side, along with a 3-light east window, are all in a similar style. A rebuilt bellcote sits on the right gable. Relief carvings on the south side show the initials M H (Marmaduke Huby) between windows, while on the east side, "SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA" (the motto of Marmaduke Huby) is carved above the east window. The house has a 20th-century glazed door in a deeply chamfered surround with a shallow 4-centred arch and hoodmould, and two 5-light recessed-chamfered mullion windows with a continuous hoodmould. Bulbous kneelers and gable coping feature at the left end, along with end stacks. The rear of the house is slightly deeper than the chapel, with a doorway on the left, two 2-light recessed-chamfered mullion windows in the centre, and a taller 3-light mullioned window to the right. The left return side displays three 19th-century mullion windows, one a cross window and two of 2 lights. The interior was not inspected during a recent survey.

The chapel was part of a grange of Fountains Abbey, and Marmaduke Huby was Abbot from 1494 to 1526. In 1679, it was converted into a school and schoolhouse and continued in this use, with Sunday services, into the 19th century. By 1894, the chapel had become a gardeners' store. The chapel was formerly a Scheduled Ancient Monument.