Grade I listed non-ecclesiastical buildings in Cheshire
This list does not contain the Grade I listed churches, or the Grade I listed buildings in the city of Chester . For these see Grade I listed churches in Cheshire and 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 these are churches that are contained in a separate list.
Most Cheshire buildings are in sandstone , brick or are timber framed . 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] [2]
Buildings
Name
Place
Map ref
Date
Notes
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.[3] Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[4] [5]
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.[6] [7]
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.[8]
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 .[9] Built for the 1st Marquis of Westminster .[10]
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.[11] [12]
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, extensively renovated in 1902.[13] [14]
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 . Both the walls of the outer bailey, and the walls, towers and gatehouse of the inner baileys are listed at Grade I.[15] Partly demolished after the Civil War .[16] [17] [18]
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.[19] Alterations made in the 19th century,[20] including removal of the cupolas .[21]
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.[22]
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.[23]
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.[24]
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.[25] [26]
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.[27] [28]
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.[29] Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[4] [30]
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.[31] [32]
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.[33] [34]
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 Revd Sir Thomas Broughton in neoclassical style.[35] [36]
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.[37]
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 .[9] [38]
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, for the Fitton family.[39] [40]
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.[41] Originally a rectory, now a private house.[42] [43]
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 ; now a school.[44] [45]
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.[46]
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.[47] [48]
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 . The hall and the monastery cottages remain.[49] [50]
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 dish radio telescope in the world.[51]
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.[52]
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. Now a public house and hotel.[53] [54]
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. Pevsner describes it as "an outstanding piece of decorated half-timber architecture".[55] [56]
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 .[57] Now a hotel.[58] [59]
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.[60]
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.[61]
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. Only the gatehouse remains and this is now part of a school.[62] [63] [64]
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.[65]
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.[66]
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.[67]
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 . Now owned by the University of Manchester .[68] [69]
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.[70]
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.[71]
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".[72] The detached service wings are also listed at Grade I.[73] [74] [75]
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 .[76]
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