Knutsford is a market town in Cheshire East, England. Historically, its two main streets are Princess Street and King Street, which still contain 17th and 18th-century houses and shops, and Georgian buildings.[1] The prosperity of the town grew with the arrival of the railway, and this resulted in the building of large houses to the south of the town, including the eccentric villas designed by Richard Harding Watt.[2]
A timber-framed house with a slate roof, its exterior partly painted. It incorporates some close studding. Alterations and extensions were made to it in the 19th and 20thcenturies. It is in the form of an H-plan.[5]
Originally three houses, later three shops. Timber-framed with rendering at the front, the roofs are in slate. Inside is decorative plasterwork dating from about 1630.[8][9]
Initially a single house, later divided into two houses. The original part, now rendered, was probably timber-framed, and the later part is in brick.[14]
Originally a house, later converted into offices. It is in two storeys, constructed in painted brick, and has a slate roof. Its façade is in Artisan Mannerist style.[17]
This is a brick building with a stone-slate roof, expressed externally in two storeys, but interiorly is a single cell. The chapel was attended by Mrs Gaskell, who is buried in the churchyard. It is in use as a Unitarian chapel.[19][20]
A three-storey painted brick house with a slate roof, later divided into two dwellings and used as offices. The principal entrance is in the centre and has a Gibbs surround. The windows are sashes with twelve panes.[24]
A house, possibly originally an inn, part of which has since been used as offices. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. An arched entry leads to the rear yard.[25]
The church was designed in neoclassical style by J.Garlive. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. In 1879 the chancel was extended and reordered by Alfred Darbyshire.[26][27]
A brick house with a slate roof in two and three storeys, with later additions. The childhood home of MrsGaskell. The gate and railings to the front garden dating from the 19thcentury are also listed.[30][31]
Originally a house with a baffle entry, it is constructed in brick, and has a slate roof and three-light casement windows throughout. Later converted into a public house.[34]
This was built as a silk mill, converted into three dwellings in 1818, and then into a public house in the 1890s. The three-storey building is constructed in brick with a slate roof.[38]
A terrace of four houses, later converted into shops and offices. In brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, it has three storeys and an attic.[44]
Designed by Lewis Wyatt as an entrance to Tatton Park in ashlar stone. It consists of a triple gateway and a lodge on the west side. Each gateway contains a cast iron gate. The central gateway is flanked by Doric columns supporting an entablature.[60][61]
Designed by George Moneypenny as part of the gaol. It is constructed in ashlar stone with a portico of four Ionic columns, and has a bell-turret.[62][63]
The lamp post near the Knutsford Entrance to Tatton Park is in cast iron on a stone base, and was originally also a finger post. It has a cylindrical plinth, a splayed foot and two fluted columns, one above the other, and at the top of each is an Egyptiancapital. It is surmounted by a vase and a 20th-century lantern. The finger posts have been removed.[85]
Purpose-built as a bank, it is in two storeys. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. The entrance is surrounded by columns and an entablature.[15][88]
Built as a town hall and market hall; designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Constructed in red brisk with blue brick dressings and a tiled roof. It is in two storeys plus an attic, and has a turret with a spire. Later converted into a shop.[62][89]
A new church designed by Paley and Austin. It is built in brick with terracotta dressings in Perpendicular style, and has a tiled roof. Its plan includes a nave, north and south aisles, a four-stage tower at the crossing, and a chancel with north and south chapels. On the south is a two-storey vestry is on the south, with a porch is to the west of the north aisle.[19][92]
A house designed by John Brooke for Richard Harding Watt. Watt added the tower in 1907 to a design by William Longworth. It has two storeys, the lower storey being in brick, and the upper storey and tower in roughcast brick, with a plain tiled roof.[93][94]
A house designed by Paul Ogden for Henry Royce. It is a brick building in two storeys, with stone dressings, some timberwork, and stone-slate roofs.[93][97]
A row of five painted brick two-storey cottages with a slate roof designed by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst, incorporating fabric from earlier buildings. The windows in the lower storey are casements; in the upper storey are oriel windows and wooden balconies.[60][98]
This originated as laundry buildings designed by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst, later converted into two cottages. Constructed in painted brick with a slate roof, it is in 1½ storeys, with gableddormers in the upper storey.[60][99]
A five-storey building designed by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst. It is constructed in painted brick with some projecting blocks of brick, and has a flat roof.The windows are small, square, and deeply set in the walls.[60][100]
This was originally a dye-works designed by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst, later converted into three cottages. It is in painted brick and has slate roofs.[60][101]
This is a four-storey tower house with an open top storey that was designed by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst. It is in painted brick and has a low pyramidal slate roof.[60][102]
It consists of a three-storey rectangular block with a round tower on one of the rear corners; at the other corner is a square bay window. The main block has an irregular parapet and a porch with Ionicpilasters.[93][103]
Designed by Robert J.McBeath, it is constructed in rusticatedrubble stone with a tiled roof. Its plan is octagonal with an entrance tower at the east end, and gables at the other cardinal points.[104]
This originated as stables and a gardener's flat for Lake House, later converted into a house. It was designed by Walter Aston for Richard Harding Watt. Constructed in rendered brick with stone dressings and a pantile roof, it is in two storeys and has a three-storey tower surmounted by a cupola.[58][109]
Designed as reading rooms and a fire station by Richard Harding Watt with Harry S.Fairhurst, and completed by Walter Aston. It is in three storeys with a roof of pantiles, and has a tower surmounted by a green dome.[15][112]
Designed by William Longworth for Richard Harding Watt in rendered brick with stone dressings and a pantile roof. It has three storeys. Linked to the house by a lower bay is a tower with an over-hanging pyramidal roof.[58][113]
Designed by William Longworth for Richard Harding Watt as a lodge to High Morland, in rendered brick with stone dressings and a pantile roof. At the rear is a tower with a pyramidal roof.[58][114]
This is a two-storey house with an L-plan designed by Percy Worthington. It is in roughcast brick with stone dressings and has a plain tiled roof. The interior includes Arts and Crafts features.[95][115]
Designed by Richard Harding Watt, this is in rendered brick and consists of a small circular structure with the appearance of an "upside-down cabbage with a small cupola",[93] or a "pineapple".[119]
A house, now divided into two, designed by Richard Harding Watt. It is constructed in rendered brick with ashlar dressings, random projecting blocks, and a pantile roof. The house is in two storeys surmounted by a belvedere, its design being adapted from that of an Italianate villa. Its gatehouse and screen walls are included in the listing.[93][120]
This was originally the coach house and servants' quarters to Aldwarden Hill. Designed by Richard Harding Watt, it is constructed in rendered brick with a pantile roof. Its features include a tower.[124]
Designed by William Longworth for Richard Harding Watt as a coffee house and council offices; used later as a restaurant. It consists of a main block for the offices, forming a courtyard, and the tower with an external staircase. It is constructed in rubblesandstone, with Portland stone at the top of the tower. Its architectural style is eclecticItalianate with Arts and Crafts elements. Its features include a smaller tower with a dome, a statue of MrsGaskell in a niche, a bronze medallion, and a pair of large Doric columns which were moved from StPeter's Church in Manchester.[125][126]
Built as a bakery, later converted into a shop. Designed by J.Herbert Hall in Vernacular Revival style. It has a jettied upper storey with an oriel window.[127]
The war memorial, which is about 3 metres (9.8ft) high, is in sandstone and consists of a fleur-de-lis cross on an octagonal shaft. This stands on a square tapering plinth on three steps. On the front face of the plinth is an inscription, and the names of those lost are inscribed on the sides.[128]
War memorial, topped with a private funerary monument in the form of a bronze statue of 1919 depicting the deceased (Haron Baronian) in field dress, by the sculptor Hamo Thorneycroft, and which was relocated in the 1930s and 1977 and installed on its present war memorial plinth in 2018.[131]
Knutsford is a market town in Cheshire, England; it is located 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Macclesfield and 12+1⁄2 miles (20 km) south-east of Warrington. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,191.
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Sir Percy Scott Worthington was an English architect.
Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire.
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There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the unitary authority of Cheshire East.
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester.
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Chelford is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the other six are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Chelford, which is in the western part of the parish, to the west of the railway, and well to the west of the Chelford Roundabout, where the A535 road meets the A537. The listed buildings are to the south and east of the roundabout. Most of them are houses and cottages, the other listed buildings being farm buildings, a church and a bridge.
The Gaskell Memorial Tower and King's Coffee House are in King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, England. As originally built, it had the triple function of being council offices, a coffee house, and a memorial to the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, a former resident of the town who is often known as Mrs Gaskell. The building was designed by Richard Harding Watt with assistance from W. Longworth, and was opened in 1907. Its design incorporates features of many styles of architecture, and has not been praised by all critics. Incorporated on the tower are two depictions of Mrs Gaskell, a stone bust and a bronze relief. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The building is owned by Knutsford Town Council but since the early 1970s it has been used as a restaurant.
Lower Withington is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 21 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Lower Withington, the parish is rural. The major building is Willington Hall, the present building dating from about 2000, and replacing earlier halls on the site. Five of the listed buildings are associated with the hall, including a sarcophagus in the garden, which dates from the Roman era. The parish includes part of Jodrell Bank Observatory, and five buildings on the site are listed. The other listed buildings are houses, farmhouses, cottages, and associated structures, seven of them timber-framed buildings dating back to the 17th century.
Mere is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains nine 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". The parish is almost entirely rural. The listed buildings include Mere Old Hall and associated structures, structures associated with Mere New Hall, cottages, a farmhouse, a hotel, and an AA telephone booth.
Mobberley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 43 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Other than the village of Mobberley, and part of the runways of Manchester Airport, the parish is rural. The listed buildings are what would be expected in such an area, namely country houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, smaller houses and cottages, and a church with associated structures.
Nether Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 56 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, four are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish contains the village of Nether Alderley. The largest house in the parish was the Old Hall which was damaged by fire in 1779. This was replaced on a different site by Park House in Alderley Park. This was in turn damaged by fire in 1931, and was demolished in 1933. Much of the park has since been used by a major pharmaceutical company.
Bretherton is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The parish contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Apart from the village of Bretherton, the parish is rural. Most of the listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses or farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a medieval cross base, two historic houses, a cottages, a former school a converted windmill, a church, a rectory, and a war memorial
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