Listed buildings in Anderton with Marbury

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Anderton with Marbury is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England, which contains the villages of Anderton and Marbury. The Trent and Mersey Canal runs through the parish. Also in the parish is the Anderton Boat Lift, a scheduled monument, [1] which has been restored to carry boats from the canal down to the Weaver Navigation. [2] In the parish are four buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [3] The structures consist of a mill and the miller's house, a farmhouse, and a milepost on the canal.

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Marbury Mill
53°16′53″N2°31′43″W / 53.2813°N 2.5285°W / 53.2813; -2.5285 (Marbury Mill)
17th century (probable)A water-powered cornmill that has retained some of its original timber framing. A loft was added in the 19th century, and the building is largely plastered. There are four horizontally-sliding sash windows in the top storey, and the mill is roofed in slate. It is run by a cast iron breast-wheel. [4] [5]
Uplands Farmhouse
53°16′29″N2°31′13″W / 53.2747°N 2.5202°W / 53.2747; -2.5202 (Uplands Farmhouse)
c. 1700This is a rendered building, probably on sandstone, with a slate roof. It is in 1½ storeys with a rear wing, also in 1½ storeys, and has a later central gabled porch. [6]
Milepost
53°16′35″N2°31′40″W / 53.27650°N 2.52765°W / 53.27650; -2.52765 (Milepost)
Milepost beside Trent and Mersey Canal - geograph.org.uk - 641233.jpg
Early 19th century (probable)This is a cast iron milepost on the Trent and Mersey Canal consisting of a circular post and a plate inscribed with the distances to Preston Brook and Shardlow. [7]
Marbury Mill House
53°16′52″N2°31′43″W / 53.2812°N 2.5285°W / 53.2812; -2.5285 (Marbury Mill House)
Mid-19th centuryA house for the miller, constructed in brick with a slate roof. It is a symmetrical building in two storeys. The windows are casements, and dormers under half-gables. The end gables have bargeboards and finials. [8]

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  1. Historic England, "Anderton Boat Lift, aqueduct, basins, meter building, toll houses and buried remains of salt chutes, inclined planes, the east basin and dockside features (1021152)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 January 2013
  2. History, Anderton Boat Lift, retrieved 21 January 2013
  3. Listed Buildings, Historic England , retrieved 20 March 2015
  4. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 104
  5. Historic England, "Marbury Mill (1139099)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 January 2013
  6. Historic England, "Uplands Farmhouse, Anderton with Marbury (1329874)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 January 2013
  7. Historic England, "Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at NGR 6492 7563, Anderton with Marbury (1139095)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 January 2013
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