Listed buildings in Wiswell

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Wiswell is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the small village of Wiswell, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses, farmhouses, a barn, and a medieval wayside cross.

Wiswell village in the United Kingdom

Wiswell is a small village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, close to Whalley and Clitheroe at the foot of Wiswell Moor.

Ribble Valley Borough in England

Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The total population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 57,132. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the area's natural unspoilt beauty, much of which lies within the Forest of Bowland.

Lancashire County of England

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Grade Criteria [1]
I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Wiswell Shay Cross
53°49′52″N2°23′29″W / 53.83103°N 2.39139°W / 53.83103; -2.39139 (Wiswell Shay Cross)
Wiswell Shay Cross, nr Whalley - geograph.org.uk - 58928.jpg
The cross is in sandstone. The oldest part is the base, the shaft and head dating from a 19th-century restoration. The base has a rectangular plan, chamfered edges, and a rectangular socket. [2]
Vicarage House
53°49′55″N2°23′20″W / 53.83182°N 2.38888°W / 53.83182; -2.38888 (Vicarage House)
Vicarage House, Wiswell.jpg
A sandstone house with a stone-slate roof in two storeys. The windows are mullioned, or mullioned and transomed, and have chamfered surrounds and hoods. The doorway has a chamfered surround and a Tudor arched head. The gables are coped and have ball finials. Inside the house are bressumers and inglenooks, and much timber panelling. [3] [4]
Crabtree Cottage
53°50′02″N2°23′14″W / 53.83389°N 2.38736°W / 53.83389; -2.38736 (Crabtree Cottage)
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A pebbledashed stone house with a slate roof, in two storeys and four bays, the fourth bay having been converted from a stable. The windows are mullioned with chamfered surrounds, and some of the mullions have been removed. The doorways have rendered surrounds. [5]
Barn near Vicarage House
53°49′56″N2°23′21″W / 53.83213°N 2.38903°W / 53.83213; -2.38903 (Barn near Vicarage House)
Barn near Vicarage House, Wiswell.jpg
The building is in stone and has a roof partly of Welsh slate, and partly of stone slabs. It is in three units, comprising a store, a barn, and a byre, and each unit has an entrance, the entrance to the barn being a wagon entry. The building contains massive quoins. [lower-alpha 1] [6]
Wiswell Eaves House
53°50′13″N2°22′34″W / 53.83686°N 2.37605°W / 53.83686; -2.37605 (Wiswell Eaves House)
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The house was altered in 1766, and is in sandstone with a slate roof. It has two storeys with an attic and two bays. The windows on the front are sashes. Between the bays is a single-storey gabled porch containing a doorway with a moulded surround and a round head. There is an inscribed plaque between the first floor windows. [7]
Parker Place Farmhouse
53°50′16″N2°22′30″W / 53.83769°N 2.37511°W / 53.83769; -2.37511 (Parker Place Farmhouse)
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A sandstone house with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys with attics, and with a two-bay front. The windows are mullioned with three lights, the central lights containing a sash window. In the centre is a blocked doorway with a chamfered lintel. [8]
Wiswell School War Memorial
53°49′57″N2°23′16″W / 53.83251°N 2.38764°W / 53.83251; -2.38764 (Wiswell School War Memorial)
War memorial, Wiswell - geograph.org.uk - 655582.jpg
1925The war memorial is built into the east wall of the old school. It is in local sandstone and consists of a tablet set into the wall, with a plinth below. The tablet contains an inscription and the names of those lost in the First World War, with one additional name for the Second World War. At the top of the tablet is a carved wheel-head cross, and over it is a hood mould. The plinth contains a trough for planting. [9]

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  1. ↑ Street View in May 2011 shows that the building has been converted for residential use.

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