Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire

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This list does not contain the Grade I listed buildings in the city of Chester. For these see Grade I listed buildings in Chester.

The Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire, excluding those in the city of Chester, total around 80, almost half of which are churches.

Most Cheshire buildings are in sandstone, brick or are timber framed. The churches are mainly built in stone, while the domestic buildings are mainly in brick. Limestone is used for some buildings in the east of the county. Compared with other counties, timber framing is important. Cheshire has a higher proportion of timber framed houses than most other English counties.^[1] Pevsner describes timber framed churches as "the main Cheshire specialty" and states that they are the earliest of their kind in Europe.^[2]

Contents 1 Churches 2 Other structures 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 Bibliography 4 See also

[edit] Churches

Name	Place	Coordinates	Date	Notes	Refs	Image
St Mary	Acton	53°04′25″N 2°33′04″W / 53.0737°N 2.5512°W / 53.0737; -2.5512	Tower c, 1180, body 14th century and later	The tower, which is the oldest in Cheshire, collapsed in 1757 and was rebuilt to a lower level.[3] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[5]
St Peter	Aston	53°18′04″N 2°40′04″W / 53.3012°N 2.6679°W / 53.3012; -2.6679	1697; 1736–40	Described as "a most pleasing late 17th to early 18th century church, inside and out".[6]	[6]
St James	Audlem	52°59′21″N 2°30′28″W / 52.9891°N 2.5079°W / 52.9891; -2.5079	Late 13th century and later	The church stands in an elevated position in the centre of the village.[7]	[8]
St Michael	Baddiley	53°02′56″N 2°35′26″W / 53.0489°N 2.5905°W / 53.0489; -2.5905	1308	Timber framed church, mainly encased in brick in 1811.[9]	[10]
St Bertoline	Barthomley	53°04′06″N 2°20′54″W / 53.0682°N 2.3483°W / 53.0682; -2.3483	Late 15th century	Chancel dates from 1925–26.[11] Richards considers it to be one of the most beautiful churches in the county and believes it is the only one in England to be dedicated to St Bertoline.[12]	[11]
St Boniface	Bunbury	53°07′06″N 2°38′43″W / 53.1182°N 2.6453°W / 53.1182; -2.6453	1320 and later	In 1385–86 endowed as a collegiate church; chantry chapel added in 1527.[13] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[14]
St Nicholas' Chapel	Cholmondeley	53°03′26″N 2°41′36″W / 53.0573°N 2.6932°W / 53.0573; -2.6932	13th century and later	Private chapel to Cholmondeley Castle. Originally timber framed, encased in brick in 1716; transepts added 1829.[15]	[16]
Eaton Chapel	Eaton Hall	53°08′27″N 2°52′39″W / 53.1409°N 2.8776°W / 53.1409; -2.8776	1873–84	Private chapel to Eaton Hall by Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[17]	[17]
St Mary	Eccleston	53°09′27″N 2°52′46″W / 53.1576°N 2.8794°W / 53.1576; -2.8794	1899	By G. F. Bodley for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[18]	[18]
Woodhey Chapel	Faddiley	53°04′14″N 2°38′18″W / 53.0706°N 2.6383°W / 53.0706; -2.6383	c. 1700	Built by Lady Wilbraham, the widow of the Thomas Wilbraham, the last baronet of Woodhey.[19] Described as 'A handsome and intact example of a chapel from a period when few were built.' The chapel is now disused.[20]	[20]
St Laurence	Frodsham	53°17′26″N 2°43′11″W / 53.2905°N 2.7196°W / 53.2905; -2.7196	c. 1180 and later	The nave is considered to be one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Cheshire.[21]	[22]
St James	Gawsworth	53°13′27″N 2°09′58″W / 53.2241°N 2.1661°W / 53.2241; -2.1661	1430; 15th century	Contains tombs of the Fitton family.[23] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[24]
St Wilfrid	Grappenhall	53°22′20″N 2°32′36″W / 53.3723°N 2.5434°W / 53.3723; -2.5434	12th century with later additions		[25]
St Mary and All Saints	Great Budworth	53°17′37″N 2°30′15″W / 53.2936°N 2.5043°W / 53.2936; -2.5043	14th century and later	Pevsner considers it to be "one of the most satisfactory perpendicular churches in Cheshire".[26] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[27]
St Luke	Holmes Chapel	53°12′07″N 2°21′27″W / 53.2020°N 2.3575°W / 53.2020; -2.3575	c. 1430	Originally a timber framed church. Encased in brick in the early 18th century.[28] Further restorations since.[29]	[28]
Brook Street Chapel	Knutsford	53°18′06″N 2°22′12″W / 53.3017°N 2.3701°W / 53.3017; -2.3701	1689	In red brick with two external staircases.[30]	[30]
St Oswald	Lower Peover	53°15′50″N 2°23′11″W / 53.2639°N 2.3864°W / 53.2639; -2.3864	14th century and later	Timber framed with a sandstone tower.[31]	[31]
St Oswald	Malpas	53°01′10″N 2°46′01″W / 53.0195°N 2.7670°W / 53.0195; -2.7670	14th century with later additions	Recognised as being one of the best examples in Cheshire of a late 15th to early 16th century church.[32] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[32]
St James and St Paul	Marton	53°12′32″N 2°13′33″W / 53.2088°N 2.2257°W / 53.2088; -2.2257	c. 1370 with later additions and alterations	Timber framed church founded by the de Davenport family.[33]	[34]
St Peter	Mickle Trafford	53°13′30″N 2°48′53″W / 53.2251°N 2.8147°W / 53.2251; -2.8147	15th century and later	Financed by the Trafford family.[35] Contains much interior woodwork by Rev. Toogood, a previous rector.[36]	[37]
St Wilfrid	Mobberley	53°19′06″N 2°18′58″W / 53.3182°N 2.3161°W / 53.3182; -2.3161	c. 1245 with later additions and alterations	Built on the site of a former Saxon church.[38] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[39]
St Mary	Nantwich	53°04′02″N 2°31′14″W / 53.0671°N 2.5206°W / 53.0671; -2.5206	c. 1380	Large cruciform parish church in sandstone with an octagonal tower, mainly in decorated style with later perpendicular additions.	[40]
St Mary	Nether Alderley	53°16′55″N 2°14′20″W / 53.2820°N 2.2389°W / 53.2820; -2.2389	14th century with later additions	The elaborate Stanley pew is entered from the outside of the church.[41] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[42]
St Mary	Newbold Astbury	53°09′03″N 2°13′53″W / 53.1507°N 2.2314°W / 53.1507; -2.2314	15th century	Restored in 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It contains more medieval fittings and furniture than any other Cheshire church.[43] One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4] Pevsner calls it "one of the most exciting Cheshire churches".[44]	[45]
St Helen	Northwich	53°15′37″N 2°30′17″W / 53.2602°N 2.5046°W / 53.2602; -2.5046	14th century and later	One of Clifton-Taylor's "best" English parish churches.[4]	[46]
St Lawrence	Peover Superior	53°15′30″N 2°20′35″W / 53.2582°N 2.3431°W / 53.2582; -2.3431	1456 and later	Contains monuments to the Mainwaring family.[47]	[48]
St Christopher	Pott Shrigley	53°18′35″N 2°05′05″W / 53.3098°N 2.0847°W / 53.3098; -2.0847	Late 14th century	Almost entirely Perpendicular in style.[49]	[50]
St Peter	Prestbury	53°17′21″N 2°09′01″W / 53.2893°N 2.15025°W / 53.2893; -2.15025	1220 and later	The Norman chapel in the churchyard is the predecessor of the present church.[51]	[52]
St Mary	Rostherne	53°20′58″N 2°23′17″W / 53.3495°N 2.3880°W / 53.3495; -2.3880	1742–44 and later	Rebuilt after the tower fell in 1741. Chancel and north vestry of 1888 are by Sir Arthur Blomfield.[53]	[53]
St Peter	Tabley House	53°17′46″N 2°24′51″W / 53.2961°N 2.4142°W / 53.2961; -2.4142	1675–78; c. 1720	Private chapel to Tabley House. Moved to present position in 1927.[54]	[55]
St Edith	Shocklach	53°02′45″N 2°50′56″W / 53.0459°N 2.8490°W / 53.0459; -2.8490	c. 1150 with later additions	A small Norman church, one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in Cheshire.[56]	[57]
St Michael	Shotwick	53°14′20″N 2°59′42″W / 53.2388°N 2.9951°W / 53.2388; -2.9951	14th century	A Norman doorway remains but most of the church dates from the 14th century.[58]	[59]
St Andrew	Tarvin	53°11′51″N 2°45′43″W / 53.1974°N 2.7620°W / 53.1974; -2.7620	14th century and later	The tower and remainder of the church were built in the 15th century and there have been restorations since.[60][61]	[60]
St Mary	Thornton-le-Moors	53°15′54″N 2°50′19″W / 53.2650°N 2.8386°W / 53.2650; -2.8386	14th century and later	A chapel and the tower date from the 16th century and a south porch from the 17th century.[62]	[63]
St Chad	Tushingham	53°00′42″N 2°42′21″W / 53.0117°N 2.7057°W / 53.0117; -2.7057	1689–91	A chapel standing in open countryside approached by a footpath across fields.[64]	[65]
St Mary	Weaverham	53°15′50″N 2°34′33″W / 53.2638°N 2.5757°W / 53.2638; -2.5757	15th–16th century	Restorations 1855 by Anthony Salvin and 1877 by John Douglas.[66]	[66]
St Bartholomew	Wilmslow	53°19′48″N 2°13′47″W / 53.3301°N 2.2296°W / 53.3301; -2.2296	Early 16th century and later		[67]
St Oswald	Winwick	53°25′51″N 2°35′52″W / 53.4308°N 2.5979°W / 53.4308; -2.5979	Early 13th century and later	Rebuilding by Pugin 1847–49.[68]	[68]

[edit] Other structures

Name	Place	Map ref	Date	Notes	Refs	Image
Dorfold Hall	Acton	53°04′07″N 2°32′42″W / 53.0685°N 2.5451°W / 53.0685; -2.5451	1616–21	Built for Ralph Wilbraham.[69] Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[70]	[71]
Adlington Hall	Adlington	53°19′15″N 2°08′41″W / 53.3209°N 2.1446°W / 53.3209; -2.1446	15–16th century; mid-18th century	Manor house partly timber framed, partly brick.[72]	[73]
Chorley Old Hall	Alderley Edge	53°18′00″N 2°14′43″W / 53.2999°N 2.2452°W / 53.2999; -2.2452	c. 1330, mid-16th century	Manor house with one range built in brick and the other timber framed.[74]	[74]
Iron Bridge	Aldford	53°08′05″N 2°52′15″W / 53.1347°N 2.870822°W / 53.1347; -2.870822	1824	Bridge over the River Dee on the Buerton Approach to Eaton Hall.[64] Built for the 1st Marquis of Westminster.[75]	[75]
Cruck barn	Arley Hall	53°19′27″N 2°29′24″W / 53.3242°N 2.4901°W / 53.3242; -2.4901	Early 16th century	Former barn converted into an indoor riding school.[76]	[77]
Moss Hall	Audlem	52°59′35″N 2°30′55″W / 52.9930°N 2.5152°W / 52.9930; -2.5152	1616	Timber framed manor house,[78] extensively renovated in 1902.[79]	[78]
Beeston Castle	Beeston	53°07′44″N 2°41′29″W / 53.129012°N 2.691297°W / 53.129012; -2.691297	1220s	Built by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester.[80] Partly demolished after the Civil War.[81][82] Both the walls of the outer bailey, and the walls, towers and gatehouse of the inner baileys are listed Grade I.	[83] [81]
Brereton Hall	Brereton	53°10′44″N 2°19′57″W / 53.1789°N 2.3324°W / 53.1789; -2.3324	1586	Built for Sir William Brereton.[84] Alterations made in the 19th century,[85] including removal of the cupolas.[86]	[86]
Highfields	Buerton	52°57′55″N 2°29′08″W / 52.9654°N 2.4855°W / 52.9654; -2.4855	1615	Built for the Dodds family. Additions made in 1750 and 1897.[87]	[87]
Sankey Viaduct	Burtonwood	53°26′51″N 2°39′03″W / 53.44745°N 2.65076°W / 53.44745; -2.65076	1830	By George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Earliest major railway viaduct in the world.[88]	[88]
Lower Carden Hall	Carden	53°03′49″N 2°48′11″W / 53.0637°N 2.8030°W / 53.0637; -2.8030	15th century and later	Country house most of which is timber framed.[89]	[89]
Combermere Abbey	Combermere Park	52°59′37″N 2°36′50″W / 52.993611°N 2.613889°W / 52.993611; -2.613889	1563	Country house, formerly abbot's house. Extended 1814–20.[90]	[91]
Little Moreton Hall	Southwest of Congleton	53°07′38″N 2°15′06″W / 53.1272°N 2.2518°W / 53.1272; -2.2518	15th century	One of Britain's finest timber-framed moated manor houses.[92]	[93]
Crewe Hall	Crewe Green	53°04′58″N 2°24′00″W / 53.0827°N 2.3999°W / 53.0827; -2.3999	1615–36	Built for Sir Randolph Crewe, extended in the late 18th century and extensively restored after a fire in 1866.[94] Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[70]	[95]
Lyme Hall	Disley	53°20′17″N 2°03′17″W / 53.3381°N 2.0547°W / 53.3381; -2.0547	c. 1570 with later additions	The largest house in Cheshire, built for the Legh family.[96]	[97]
Delves Hall	Doddington	53°01′11″N 2°26′08″W / 53.0197°N 2.4356°W / 53.0197; -2.4356	1364	Fortified tower built by Sir John Delves.[98]	[99]
Doddington Hall	Doddington	53°00′53″N 2°26′03″W / 53.0148°N 2.4342°W / 53.0148; -2.4342	1777–98	Built for Rev. Sir Thomas Broughton in neoclassical style.[100]	[101]
Golden Gates, Eaton Hall	Eaton Park	53°08′25″N 2°52′45″W / 53.1404°N 2.8791°W / 53.1404; -2.8791	18th century, c. 1880	The central pair of gates (Golden Gates) and the adjacent screen railings are by Robert and John Davies, 18th century. Side gates, screens and lodges by Alfred Waterhouse, c. 1880.[102]	[102]
Farndon Bridge	Farndon	53°05′00″N 2°52′47″W / 53.083373°N 2.879820°W / 53.083373; -2.879820	1339	Crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the villages of Farndon and Holt.[64]	[103]
Gawsworth Old Hall	Gawsworth	53°13′26″N 2°09′50″W / 53.2238°N 2.1638°W / 53.2238; -2.1638	1480, remodelled 1701	Partly timber framed, partly in brick,[104] for the Fitton family.[105]	[104]
Old Rectory	Gawsworth	53°13′26″N 2°10′00″W / 53.2240°N 2.1667°W / 53.2240; -2.1667	15th–16th century	Timber framed with the hall open to the roof. North wing added 1872.[106] Originally a rectory, now a private house.[107]	[108]
Belmont Hall	Great Budworth	53°18′04″N 2°31′11″W / 53.3011°N 2.5198°W / 53.3011; -2.5198	1755	Country house by James Gibbs;[109] now a school.[110]	[109]
Halton Castle	Halton	53°19′59″N 2°41′45″W / 53.3331°N 2.6957°W / 53.3331; -2.6957	c. 1070	Castle on a sandstone outcrop. Now a ruin.[111]	[111]
Haslington Hall	Haslington	53°06′02″N 2°22′39″W / 53.1006°N 2.3776°W / 53.1006; -2.3776	1545 with later alterations	Timber framed house built by Admiral Sir Francis Vernon.[112]	[113]
Ince Manor	Ince	53°16′59″N 2°49′37″W / 53.2831°N 2.8270°W / 53.2831; -2.8270	Late 13th century and later	Former monastic grange.[114] The hall and the monastery cottages remain.[115]	[114]
Lovell Telescope	Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey	53°14′13″N 2°18′26″W / 53.237°N 2.30715°W / 53.237; -2.30715	1952–57	When built, it was the largest steerable steerable dish radio telescope in the world.[116]	[116]
Lymm Cross	Lymm	53°22′52″N 2°28′39″W / 53.3811°N 2.4776°W / 53.3811; -2.4776	17th century	Restored 1897.[117]	[117]
Crown Hotel	Nantwich	53°04′02″N 2°31′21″W / 53.0673°N 2.5226°W / 53.0673; -2.5226	1580s	Timber framed inn built after the fire of 1583.[118] Now a public house and hotel.[119]	[118]
Churche's Mansion	Nantwich	53°03′56″N 2°30′52″W / 53.0655°N 2.5144°W / 53.0655; -2.5144	1577	Timber framed mansion house.[120] Pevsner describes it as "an outstanding piece of decorated half-timber architecture".[121]	[120]
Peckforton Castle	Peckforton	53°07′03″N 2°41′56″W / 53.1175°N 2.6990°W / 53.1175; -2.6990	1844–50	Country house built in the style of a medieval castle by Anthony Salvin for John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache.[122] Now a hotel.[123]	[124]
Stable Block	Peover Hall	53°15′26″N 2°20′30″W / 53.2573°N 2.3418°W / 53.2573; -2.3418	1654	A gift from Mrs Ellen Mainwaring to her son Thomas. Elaborate screens to stalls.[125]	[125]
Norton Priory	Near Runcorn	53°20′32″N 2°40′48″W / 53.3423°N 2.6799°W / 53.3423; -2.6799	13th century and later	A priory, then an abbey and later a country house. Now a ruin and a museum.[126]	[126]
Gatehouse	Saighton	53°09′01″N 2°50′03″W / 53.1503°N 2.8342°W / 53.1503; -2.8342	c. 1489	Monastic grange for St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester.[127] Only the gatehouse remains[128] and this is now part of a school.[129]	[128]
Crosses	Sandbach	53°08′38″N 2°21′44″W / 53.14402°N 2.36209°W / 53.14402; -2.36209	9th century	Pair of carved Anglo-Saxon crosses.[130]	[130]
Old Hall Hotel	Sandbach	53°08′38″N 2°21′47″W / 53.144°N 2.363°W / 53.144; -2.363	1656	Large timber framed building, now a hotel.[131]	[131]
Sutton Hall	Sutton Weaver	53°18′24″N 2°41′04″W / 53.3067°N 2.6844°W / 53.3067; -2.6844	Late 15th or early 16th century, later extended	Internally are two superimposed great halls.[132]	[132]
Tabley House	Knutsford	53°17′35″N 2°25′21″W / 53.2931°N 2.4225°W / 53.2931; -2.4225	1767	Palladian mansion by John Carr.[133] Now owned by the University of Manchester.[134]	[133]
Tatton Hall	Knutsford	53°19′49″N 2°23′01″W / 53.3304°N 2.3835°W / 53.3304; -2.3835	1791; completed 19th century	Neoclassical country house.[135]	[135]
Utkinton Hall	Utkinton	53°10′37″N 2°40′14″W / 53.1769°N 2.6705°W / 53.1769; -2.6705	Medieval core but most of it dates from the early 17th century	Large manor house for the Done family.[136]	[136]
Town Hall	Warrington	53°23′23″N 2°35′59″W / 53.3897°N 2.5997°W / 53.3897; -2.5997	1750	House for Thomas Patten by James Gibbs. Pevsner describes it as "the finest house of its date in south Lancashire".[137] The detached service wings are also listed Grade I.	[138] [139] [140]
Winnington Hall	Winnington	53°16′07″N 2°32′01″W / 53.2686°N 2.5336°W / 53.2686; -2.5336	c.1600; 1775	Older wing timber framed; newer wing in stone by Samuel Wyatt.[141]	[141]

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] See also

• Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire (pre-1066)