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Listed buildings in Walton-le-Dale

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Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. In the area close to it are the settlements of Higher Walton, Walton Summit, Bamber Bridge, and Gregson Lane. This area contains 34 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, six are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The area is partly residential and partly rural. Its listed buildings include churches and associated structures, houses, farmhouses and farm buildings, public houses, and a war memorial.


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Grade Criteria[1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
St Leonard's Church
53°44′52″N 2°40′00″W / 53.74764°N 2.66655°W / 53.74764; -2.66655 (St Leonard's Church)
Medieval The church is in stone with a slate roof, and is in Perpendicular style. The oldest parts are the tower and the chancel, the latter being restored in 1864. The rest of the church was replaced in 1902–06 by John Pollard Seddon. The church consists of a nave with deep double transepts, a chancel at a lower level, and a west tower. The tower is in four stages, and has angle buttresses, a west doorway, a three-light window, an octagonal clock face on the west front, and an embattled parapet.[2][3] II*
Pickerings Farmhouse
53°43′40″N 2°40′56″W / 53.72776°N 2.68215°W / 53.72776; -2.68215 (Pickerings Farmhouse)
17th century or earlier The farmhouse was extended to the right in the 18th century. It is in brick on a stone plinth, the earlier part being partly rendered, and with roofs partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. The earlier part is cruck-framed, with two bays and 1+12 storeys. The windows are sliding sashes. The extension is taller, with one bay and two storeys with an attic, and has casement windows. Inside the earlier part is an inglenook with a bressumer.[4] II
Crow Trees
53°42′54″N 2°38′14″W / 53.71488°N 2.63734°W / 53.71488; -2.63734 (Crow Trees)
Early 17th century or earlier A brick house with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic and a three-bay front, with an outshut to the rear and later extensions. On the front is decorative brickwork forming lozenge-shaped patterns. The door is in the third bay and has a modern gabled canopy, and the windows are mullioned. Inside the house is one full cruck truss, an inglenook, and a bressumer.[5] II*
Old Lemon House
53°43′14″N 2°38′55″W / 53.72061°N 2.64856°W / 53.72061; -2.64856 (Old Lemon House)
Early 17th century Originally a farmhouse, later used as a house and an office, it is in brick, partly rendered, with a stone plinth, quoins and dressings. The house has an L-shaped plan with three bays, the left bay forming a forward cross wing. The windows are mullioned. Inside the house is an inglenook with a bressummer.[6] II
Todd Hall
53°43′43″N 2°40′51″W / 53.72868°N 2.68077°W / 53.72868; -2.68077 (Todd Hall)
1630 A brick house on a stone plinth with stone quoins and dressings and a stone-slate roof. There are three bays, the outer bays being projecting gabled wings. The house has two storeys with attics, and the windows are mullioned. The porch has a moulded doorcase with a Tudor arched inscribed lintel. Inside the house is an inglenook with a bressumer, and a spiral staircase.[7] II*
Bank Head Farmhouse
53°43′41″N 2°37′50″W / 53.72808°N 2.63062°W / 53.72808; -2.63062 (Bank Head Farmhouse)
1639 A stone house, rendered on the sides and rear, with a concrete tile roof in two storeys. Originally with two bays, the house was later extended by two bays to the right. The first two bays have a plinth, quoins, and a doorway with an inscribed lintel. The ground floor windows are mullioned, and the other windows on the front are casements. At the rear, three windows are mullioned, and the others are top-hung casements.[8] II
Arrowsmith House
53°44′01″N 2°37′06″W / 53.73363°N 2.61827°W / 53.73363; -2.61827 (Arrowsmith House)
17th century A house mainly in stone, with some brick, on a plinth and with quoins. The roof is thatched and covered with corrugated sheet. There are two storeys and four bays, the gable facing the road. On the front is a two-storey gabled porch with a moulded head and jambs, and a hood mould. Above it is a window with an inscribed head. The types of windows vary, some of them being mullioned. Inside the house are back-to-back inglenook fireplaces and timber-framed partitions.[9][10] II*
Lime Kiln Farmhouse
53°44′08″N 2°40′53″W / 53.73552°N 2.68125°W / 53.73552; -2.68125 (Lime Kiln Farmhouse)
17th century The farmhouse is in brick, rendered at the front and sides, with a roof partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. The original house had two bays, and a three-bay extension facing west was added later. It is in two storeys and has a gabled brick porch. The windows are casements.[11] II
Seed Lee Farmhouse
53°43′10″N 2°37′57″W / 53.71943°N 2.63248°W / 53.71943; -2.63248 (Seed Lee Farmhouse)
17th century (probable) A rendered timber-framed farmhouse with a slate roof, in two storeys and with three bays. On the front is a two-storey gabled staircase turret, and a two-storey jettied porch with a round doorway and a stone bench. Some of the windows are casements, and others are sliding sashes. Inside the house is visible timber-framing, and inglenooks with bressumers.[12][13] II*
Unicorn Inn
53°44′48″N 2°40′24″W / 53.74660°N 2.67329°W / 53.74660; -2.67329 (Unicorn Inn)
17th century The inn has been extended on a number of occasions, giving it a T-shaped plan. The "leg" has one storey, and the other parts are in 1+12 and two storeys. The building is pebbledashed with a roof of concrete slates and other materials. Some windows are sashes, and others are casements. At the rear is a mounting block built into the wall.[14] II
Ye Olde Hob Inn
53°43′18″N 2°39′44″W / 53.72167°N 2.66215°W / 53.72167; -2.66215 (Ye Olde Hob Inn)
17th century A public house in stone, the lower storey pebbledashed and the upper storey rendered with applied timber, and with a thatched roof. It has two low storeys and five bays, the two bays on the right having been added later. On the left corner is a four-step mounting block. The windows in the first three bays have been altered, those in the upper floor being oriels. The other bays have rectangular windows in the ground floor and casements above.[15] II
Higher Seed Lee Farmhouse
53°43′15″N 2°37′55″W / 53.72092°N 2.63198°W / 53.72092; -2.63198 (Higher Seed Lee Farmhouse)
Mid 17th century (probable) A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, in two storeys and with three bays. On the front is a modern porch, and the windows are mullioned. To the right is a former shippon with a stone-slate roof. Inside the house is an inglenook with a bressumer, and timber-framed partitions.[12][16] II
Higher Shuttling Fields Farmhouse
53°43′58″N 2°38′13″W / 53.73290°N 2.63701°W / 53.73290; -2.63701 (Higher Shuttling Fields Farmhouse)
c. 1660 A brick farmhouse on a stone plinth with stone quoins and a slate roof. It has two storeys with an attic, and a cruciform plan formed by the addition of a two-storey service wing to the south side and a 1+12 porch to the north. The windows are mullioned, most with hood moulds. Inside the house is an inglenook and a bressumer, and there are timber-framed partitions in the upper floor.[17] II
Osbaldeston House
53°44′46″N 2°38′59″W / 53.74621°N 2.64979°W / 53.74621; -2.64979 (Osbaldeston House)
1661 The house is in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan with two two-bay ranges at right angles. The older range has 2+12 storeys, and has quoins and mullioned windows. In the outer angle between the ranges is a two-storey gabled porch, with the ground floor in stone containing a chamfered doorway, over which is a datestone and a mullioned window. The later range has two storeys and contains sash windows.[18][19] II*
The Cottage
53°44′45″N 2°40′27″W / 53.74575°N 2.67419°W / 53.74575; -2.67419 (The Cottage)
1675 A house in roughcast brick with a concrete slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, the left bay protruding forward to give the house an L-shaped plan. On the front is a single-storey gabled porch, above which is a rectangular datestone. All the windows are modern casements. Inside the house are timber-framed partitions, and an inglenook with a bressumer.[20] II
New House Farmhouse
53°43′42″N 2°38′43″W / 53.72827°N 2.64516°W / 53.72827; -2.64516 (New House Farmhouse)
1697 The house is rendered with a slate roof and has two storeys. It has a T-shaped plan, with two bays and a two-bay cross wing on the right. In the angle is a two-storey gabled porch with a moulded doorcase, the moulding being stepped over the lintel which carries an inscription, and a hood mould. To the right the windows are casements, and elsewhere they have been altered. At the rear is another porch, and more altered windows.[21] II
Barn, Cooper House Farm
53°44′11″N 2°37′35″W / 53.73646°N 2.62650°W / 53.73646; -2.62650 (Barn, Cooper House Farm)
c. 1700 The barn is in brick with stone dressings, including quoins, and has a stone-slate roof. It contains a wagon entrance, a doorway, windows, and ventilation slits.[22] II
Cooper House Farmhouse,
wall and gate piers
53°44′12″N 2°37′37″W / 53.73656°N 2.62687°W / 53.73656; -2.62687 (Cooper House Farmhouse)
1711 The farmhouse is in brick, rendered on the front and sides, on a stone plinth, with some quoins and a roof mainly in slate with some stone-slate. It has two storeys with attics, and an L-shaped plan, with three bays, the left bay projecting forward. On the front is a single-storey gabled porch, casement windows, and two gabled dormers. On the front of the first bay the openings have been altered, and there is a small attic window in the gable with an inscribed plaque under it. Inside the house are back-to-back inglenooks, one with a bressumer. In front of the house is a stone garden wall with rounded coping and ball finials, and two square gate piers with large capitals, also with ball finials.[23] II
Barn and yard wall,
Old Lemon House
53°43′13″N 2°38′53″W / 53.72038°N 2.64818°W / 53.72038; -2.64818 (Barn and yard wall, Old Lemon House)
Early 18th century (probable) The barn is mainly in brick, with a stone plinth, quoins, and end walls, and it has a roof of felted stone-slate. There are five bays, and the barn contains a wagon door, various windows, a circular pitching hole, and ventilation holes in diamond patterns. Attached to a corner of the barn is a stone wall with rounded coping, ending in a round-headed gatepost.[24] II
Farm building,
Old Lemon House
53°43′13″N 2°38′54″W / 53.72027°N 2.64847°W / 53.72027; -2.64847 (Farm building, Old Lemon House)
Early 18th century The building, probably a stable, was later extended. It is in stone and brick, with a stone plinth, quoins, and dressings, and has a roof of corrugated sheeting. The building has two storeys and four bays, the fourth bay having been added later, and it contains doorways and windows. The yard wall is included in the listing.[25] II
Barn, Pickering's Farm
53°43′40″N 2°40′55″W / 53.72780°N 2.68182°W / 53.72780; -2.68182 (Barn, Pickering's Farm)
18th century (probable) A former barn in brick on a stone plinth, with stone quoins, and a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan with a main range of four bays and an outshut to the rear. The barn contains a wagon doorway with an elliptical arch, windows, doorways, and ventilation slits.[a][26] II
Barn, Todd Hall
53°43′43″N 2°40′49″W / 53.72856°N 2.68037°W / 53.72856; -2.68037 (Barn, Todd Hall)
18th century (probable) The former barn is in brick with a stone-slate roof and has four bays. It contains wagon entrances, modern windows, and a blocked owl hole in the apex of the left gable.[b][27] II
Walton Bridge
53°45′11″N 2°40′47″W / 53.75296°N 2.67963°W / 53.75296; -2.67963 (Walton Bridge)
1779–81 The bridge carries the A6 road over the River Ribble. It was designed by J. S. and R. Laws, and was widened between 1939 and 1950. The bridge is built in sandstone and consists of three long segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs. It has V-shaped cutwaters with pilasters above, a dentilled cornice, and a plain parapet with rounded coping.[28] II
Sundial
53°44′51″N 2°39′59″W / 53.74744°N 2.66650°W / 53.74744; -2.66650 (Sundial)
1788 The sundial is in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church. It is in stone, stands on a square base, and consists of a pedestal that has a moulded foot, fluting towards the top and a moulded capital. On the top is a brass inscribed plate, and a scrolled gnomon.[29]According to a church warden, who was asked as to the whereabouts of the sundial, it was stolen some time ago, and its location is currently unknown. II
Black Brook House
53°44′20″N 2°37′24″W / 53.73899°N 2.62343°W / 53.73899; -2.62343 (Black Brook House)
18th or early 19th century The house is in stuccoed stone with a hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and a roughly F-shaped plan. The north-facing front has a doorcase with Tuscan columns, an entablature, an open pediment, and a semicircular fanlight. To the left of the door is a bay window, and the other windows are sashes. On the west front is a French window leading to a balustraded terrace.[30] II
Yew Tree Inn
53°44′59″N 2°40′29″W / 53.74974°N 2.67475°W / 53.74974; -2.67475 (Sundial)
Late 18th or early 19th century A public house in rendered brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has three storeys and a symmetrical five-bay front. In the centre is a doorcase that has pilasters, an open pediment and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. All the windows on the front are tall casements.[31] II
Squash Club and Parish Rooms
53°44′51″N 2°40′02″W / 53.74757°N 2.66732°W / 53.74757; -2.66732 (Parish Rooms)
1835 Originally a National School, later extended and used for other purposes. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, in two storeys. There is a front of six bays with extensions at the front and to the right. In the centre is a wide two-bay gabled porch that has two doorways with arched heads and with blank shields above. The windows are mullioned and in Tudor style. Extensions include a squash club at the rear.[32][33] II
Watch house
53°44′52″N 2°39′58″W / 53.74782°N 2.66599°W / 53.74782; -2.66599 (Watch house)
1835 The watch house is in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, and is in stone with a roof of corrugated sheet. It is built on a sloping site, with two storeys to the road and one to the churchyard. Facing the road is a carriage door that has an arched head with a keystone. In the rear wall is a semicircular doorway with a dated keystone.[32][34] II
St Saviour's Church
53°43′11″N 2°39′36″W / 53.71970°N 2.66004°W / 53.71970; -2.66004 (St Saviour's Church)
1836–37 The church was designed by Edmund Sharpe in Romanesque style, and extended by the addition of a chancel and transepts in a similar style by Thomas Harrison Myres in 1886. It is in stone and has a roof of slate with red ridge tiles. The church consists of a nave with transepts, an apsidal chancel and a west steeple. The steeple has a two-stage square base, a two-stage octagonal drum, and an octagonal spire. Most of the windows are round-headed lancets, and there are wheel windows in the transepts.[35][36] II
St. Saviour's Church of England School
53°43′12″N 2°39′33″W / 53.71989°N 2.65926°W / 53.71989; -2.65926 (St. Saviour's School)
1839–40 The school is Romanesque style with lesenes and a Lombard frieze. It is in stone with a slate roof, a single storey, and a front of ten bays. There are three parallel ridges, forming three gables at the left end. In the fifth bay is a projecting gabled entrance with a central round-headed doorway flanked by smaller round-headed openings. Above are three stepped windows. The other windows on the front are mullioned.[35][37] II
All Saints Church
53°44′27″N 2°38′26″W / 53.74088°N 2.64064°W / 53.74088; -2.64064 (All Saints Church)
1861–64 The church was designed by E. G. Paley in Early English style, and the steeple was added in 1871 by Paley and Austin. It is in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south aisle under a septate roof, a chancel with a three-sided apse, a north transept, a sacristy, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with diagonal buttresses, a stair turret on the north side, a west window, and a broach spire with clock gablets.[32][38] II
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
53°43′50″N 2°40′03″W / 53.73042°N 2.66758°W / 53.73042; -2.66758 (Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
1867–68 The oldest part of the Roman Catholic church is the steeple, the rest dating from 1892 designed by Pugin and Pugin in Early English style. The church is in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a south steeple, a nave with double transepts, and a chancel with a polygonal apse encircled by an ambulatory. The steeple has a three-stage tower, with angle buttresses, a south doorway, and a broach spire. There are three altars, each with an ornate reredos.[35][39] II
Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick
53°44′45″N 2°39′52″W / 53.74590°N 2.66435°W / 53.74590; -2.66435 (Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick)
1880 A Roman Catholic church by Pugin and Pugin in stone with a slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a three-sided apse, a southwest octagonal stair turret with a spire and, attached to it, a baptistry. Inside the church are elaborately decorated altars and reredoses.[32][40] II
War memorial
53°44′45″N 2°39′53″W / 53.74587°N 2.66475°W / 53.74587; -2.66475 (War memorial)
1920 The war memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick, and is in Portland stone. It consists of a crucifix with a pediment on rectangular plinth and a square base. On the plinth are panels with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[41] II

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  1. ^ Street View in August 2015 shows that the barn has been converted for domestic use.
  2. ^ Street View in August 2015 shows that the barn has been converted for domestic use.

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