Listed buildings in Seneley Green

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Seneley Green is a civil parish in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It contains six buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed 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". [1] The parish contains the village of Garswood, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses, a church, and a former grammar school now used as a library.

Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Metropolitan borough in England

The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It is named after its largest town St Helens, and covers an area which includes the settlements of Sutton, St Helens, Earlestown, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Haydock, Billinge, Rainford and Newton-le-Willows.

Merseyside County of England

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool. Merseyside, which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey.

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.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Manor House
53°29′16″N2°40′32″W / 53.48771°N 2.67548°W / 53.48771; -2.67548 (Manor House)
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16th to 17th centuryThe house was remodelled in the 18th century. It is roughcast with a slate roof, and is in two storeys with a six-bay front. The two outer bays on each side project forward, they are taller than the central bays, and are Georgian in type. The doorway is in the fourth bay, it has an entablature on consoles, a dentilled cornice, and an elliptical fanlight. The windows are sashes, those on the right side being horizontally-sliding. [2] [3]
Hollin Hey Farmhouse
53°28′54″N2°41′55″W / 53.48153°N 2.69855°W / 53.48153; -2.69855 (Hollin Hey Farmhouse)
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1680The upper floor was rebuilt in 1875. The house is in two storeys with a four-bay front. The lower storey is in stone, and the upper storey in red brick with some blue brick banding. The entrance is in the third bay, it has a pointed head, and porch with diagonal buttresses. Above it is a gablet. The windows are mullioned and transomed. On the right side is a rectangular bay window with a crenelated parapet. [4] [5]
Garswood Library
53°29′18″N2°40′23″W / 53.48835°N 2.67313°W / 53.48835; -2.67313 (Garswood Library)
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1728Rebuilding of a grammar school founded in 1589, and later used as a library. It is in stone with a slate roof, and has two storeys and a three-bay front. The windows on the ground floor have mullions and transoms; those on the upper floor only have mullions. On the south front is a three-bay extension; two of the bays are gabled. [2] [6]
Hollin Hey House
53°28′54″N2°42′02″W / 53.48156°N 2.70063°W / 53.48156; -2.70063 (Hollin Hey House)
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Early 19th centuryA brick house with a slate roof in two storeys with an attic and a three-bay front. The central round-headed doorway has pilasters, an open pediment and a fanlight. To the right of the doorway is a canted bay window. All the windows are sashes, and some have wedge lintels. At the rear is a full-height stair window. [7]
Holy Trinity Church
53°29′56″N2°40′06″W / 53.49895°N 2.66834°W / 53.49895; -2.66834 (Holy Trinity Church)
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1837–38The church was designed by John Palmer, the chancel dates from 1914, and the top stage of the tower from 1938. It is in stone with a slate roof, and is in Gothic Revival style. The church consists of a nave with west transepts, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has a west entrance and clock face, and an octagonal top stage with a plain parapet. The windows are lancets. [2] [8]
Old Rectory
53°29′57″N2°40′04″W / 53.49912°N 2.66789°W / 53.49912; -2.66789 (Old Rectory)
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1840A stone house with a slate roof, it is in two storeys with five bays, and has an irregular plan. Two bays are gabled and project forward, one has a parapet, and another bay has a half-dormer. The entrance is in the second bay and is approached by steps. On the left side is a rectangular bay window. [2] [9]

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  1. ↑ Historic England
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 174
  3. ↑ Historic England & 1199319
  4. ↑ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 175
  5. ↑ Historic England & 1199332
  6. ↑ Historic England & 1199347
  7. ↑ Historic England & 1075880
  8. ↑ Historic England & 1199341
  9. ↑ Historic England & 1343294

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