Listed buildings in Partington

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Partington is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The parish contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [1] The parish contains the town of Partington, and the listed buildings consist of a farmhouse, a set of stocks, and a church.

Partington a town in Trafford, United Kindom

Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, ten miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester city centre. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, opposite Cadishead on the northern bank. It has a population of 7,327.

Civil parish territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England, UK

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Trafford Metropolitan borough in England

Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers 41 square miles (106 km2) and includes the areas of Old Trafford, Stretford, Urmston, Altrincham, Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of the metropolitan boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, and Stretford, the urban districts of Bowdon, Hale and Urmston and part of Bucklow Rural District. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Stocks
53°25′13″N2°25′40″W / 53.42014°N 2.42766°W / 53.42014; -2.42766 (Stocks)
18th centuryThe stocks are on the village green. They consist of two stone stock-ends with chamfered corners and round tops. They are grooved and contain 20th-century foot restraints. [2]
Erlam Farmhouse
53°25′07″N2°25′46″W / 53.41856°N 2.42953°W / 53.41856; -2.42953 (Erlam Farmhouse)
Late 18th centuryA brick farmhouse on a projecting plinth, with rusticated quoins, a dentilled eaves cornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and a 19th-century rear wing. There is a central blocked doorway, above which is a blind window with a segmental arched lintel and a keystone. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels. In the rear wing is a decorative porch and casement windows. [3]
St Mary's Church
53°25′13″N2°25′31″W / 53.42028°N 2.42537°W / 53.42028; -2.42537 (St Mary's Church)
St Mary, Partington.jpg
1883The church, designed by George Truefitt in Gothic style, is in stone with tiled roofs and cross finials. It consists of a nave, a chancel and a vestry under a continuous roof, a south porch, and a northeast tower. The tower has three stages, a south doorway with a pointed arch, quatrefoil windows, a timber bell stage, and a square spire with a hipped roof. The windows have pointed arches and are without tracery. [4] [5]

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Historic England Executive non-departmental public body of the British Government, tasked with protecting the historical environment of England

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is tasked with protecting the historical environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, ancient monuments and advising central and local government.

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England’s official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields and World Heritage Sites. It is maintained by Historic England and brings together these different designations as a single resource even though they vary in the type of legal protection afforded to each. Conservation areas do not appear on the NHLE since they are designated by the relevant local planning authority.

Edward Horton Hubbard was an English architectural historian who worked with Nikolaus Pevsner in compiling volumes of the Buildings of England. He also wrote the definitive biography of John Douglas, and played a part in the preservation of Albert Dock in Liverpool.