Listed buildings in Worston

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Worston is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All of 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 include the small village of Worston and surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of two houses and a garden wall.

Worston village and civil parish in Lancashire, England

Worston is a small linear village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village is north-west of Pendle Hill, east of Clitheroe, and is in the Ribble Valley district. As it is only a small village, with a population of 76 at the 2001 census, it has no parish council, but instead has a parish meeting. The parish meeting is shared with Mearley, a small parish south of Worston with no villages or hamlets and a population of 25, the second smallest in Lancashire. From the 2011 Census population information for both Mearley and Worston is included within the civil parish of Pendleton.

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

Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Crow Hill Cottage
53°52′51″N2°21′12″W / 53.88090°N 2.35331°W / 53.88090; -2.35331 (Crow Hill Cottage)
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A stone house with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys. The oldest part is to the south, with a gable facing the road, and the later extension to the north is lower. The windows and doors have plain surrounds, and some of the windows are sashes. Inside the house is a wall containing wattle and daub. [2]
Worston Old Hall
53°52′49″N2°21′06″W / 53.88019°N 2.35174°W / 53.88019; -2.35174 (Worston Old Hall)
House at Worston - geograph.org.uk - 1028063.jpg
A sandstone house, mainly pebbledashed, with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys. It is possible that the house incorporates earlier material. On the front is a two-storey gabled porch with a plain doorway, above which are three carved shields and a two-light mullioned window. The ground floor windows flanking the porch have three lights and mullions, the outer lights being fixed. The other windows are sashes with plain surrounds. [3]
Wall, Worston Old Hall
53°52′48″N2°21′06″W / 53.88007°N 2.35173°W / 53.88007; -2.35173 (Wall, Worston Old Hall)
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UncertainThe wall encloses the garden to the south of the house. It is in a mixture of sandstone and limestone, and contains fragments of medieval dressed sandstone. Also included in the wall is a moulded Tudor arched doorhead and part of its hood mould. In the wall is an entrance with moulded jambs. [4]

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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.

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