Carden is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains ten buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The parish is entirely rural, and all the listed buildings are domestic or related to farming.
| Grade | Criteria [1] |
|---|---|
| Grade I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. |
| Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. |
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Carden Hall 53°03′49″N2°48′11″W / 53.0637°N 2.8030°W | — | 15th century or earlier | The hall was later enlarged and otherwise altered. It is basically timber-framed, with plaster panels on a sandstone plinth. The hall is in two storeys, with slate roofs and casement windows. There are large elaborate brick chimneystacks. In about 1984 the hall was restored, with a brick inner skin and steelwork. [2] [3] | I |
| Building, Bank Farm 53°04′16″N2°47′43″W / 53.0710°N 2.7953°W | — | Mid-17th century | A rectangular timber-framed building that originated as a threshing barn. It was originally thatched, and now has a corrugated iron roof. Weatherboarding has been added to the gables. [4] | II |
| Keeper's Cottage 53°04′50″N2°47′53″W / 53.0806°N 2.7981°W | — | Mid-17th century | The cottage is timber-framed with brick nogging painted white and slate roofs. The end walls have been replaced with brick painted to resemble timber framing. It is in 1½ storeys with a central gabled dormer containing two windows. Inside the cottage is an inglenook. [5] | II |
| Carden Green 53°04′17″N2°47′46″W / 53.0713°N 2.7960°W | — | 17th century | The cottage is constructed in sandstone and brick on a sandstone plinth, and has a thatched roof covered in corrugated iron. It is a rectangular building in 1½ storeys, with casement windows. Inside is a stone inglenook. [6] | II |
| Stone House Farmhouse 53°03′49″N2°48′11″W / 53.0637°N 2.8030°W | — | Late 17th century | The farmhouse has been altered and extended in each of the following centuries. It is constructed mainly in sandstone, with some brick, and has slate roofs. The farmhouse is in two storeys with a basement. In the entrance front is a Roman Doric doorcase with attached columns and a pediment. [7] | II |
| Carden Hall Farmhouse 53°04′51″N2°48′17″W / 53.0807°N 2.8047°W | — | c. 1721 | This originated as the stables to Carden Hall. It was altered in 1828 and converted into a farmhouse and farm buildings. The building is constructed in white-painted brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. It has a projecting central gable with a clock. This is surmounted by an oak cupola containing a bell, which has a lead roof and a weathervane. [8] | II |
| Ice house 53°04′50″N2°48′07″W / 53.08046°N 2.80193°W | — | Early 19th century | The ice house is located to the east of Carden Hall Farmhouse. It is constructed in brick under an artificial mound of earth, and consists of a round-domed chamber. It is entered through a barrel vaulted passage containing an angled turn. [9] | II |
| Carden Bank 53°04′01″N2°48′21″W / 53.0670°N 2.8058°W | — | 1828 | The house is in painted brick with a slate roof. It is a symmetrical building in two storeys. The central portion has a doorway flanked by a French window on each side. On each side of the central portion is a wing containing a square bay window in the lower storey. All the windows in the upper storey are sashes. [10] | II |
| Carden Lodge 53°04′13″N2°48′22″W / 53.07041°N 2.80620°W | — | c. 1830 | The lodge to the former Carden Hall consists of a sandstone barrel vaulted archway in Ionic style. On each side is a one-bay two-storey wing. On the front of each wing is a sash window, over which is a blank round arch flanked by free-standing columns carrying an entablature. There are double pilasters on each side of the archway and on the corners. Inside the archway is a door leading to the interior of the bays. [11] | II |
| Bullock's Stone 53°04′23″N2°47′47″W / 53.0730°N 2.7964°W | — | Mid-19th century or earlier | This is a sandstone outcrop that has been shaped. It is trapezoid with a flat top and contains the remnant of an iron tethering ring. It was possibly a drovers' meeting place. [12] | II |
Kingsley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Other than the village of Kingsley, the parish is entirely rural. It contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Other than the church and its lychgate, and the wall of a former Quaker burial ground, the structures are all related to domestic buildings or farms.
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Antrobus is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It is entirely rural, and contains 25 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This is the lowest of the three grades, and contains "buildings of national importance and special interest". Apart from St Mark's Church and the former and current Friends' Meeting Houses, all the buildings are houses or are related to farms.
Clutton is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains five buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, and two at Grade II. Other than the village of Clutton, the parish is entirely rural. The three Grade II* listed buildings are associated with the entrance to the former Carden Hall, and the remaining two Grade II listed buildings are domestic.
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Alderley Edge is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 30 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. The parish contains the village of Alderley Edge, which became a dormitory settlement for workers in Manchester following the arrival of the railway in 1842. Included in the listed buildings are mansions for the more wealthy businessmen. In the countryside surrounding the village are listed houses, cottages, and farm buildings. Within the village, in addition to houses, the listed buildings include a former railway hotel, churches, a school, a bank, a drinking fountain, a war memorial, and a garage.
Ashley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 16 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". Apart from the village of Ashley, the parish is entirely rural. Other than a church and a bridge, the listed buildings are houses, structures related to houses, and farm buildings.
Baddiley 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, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Baddily, the parish is entirely rural. The listed buildings consist of the village church, houses and farm buildings. The Llangollen Canal runs through the parish, and the three locks on the canal in the parish are also listed.
Brereton 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, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish is almost entirely rural. The major building in the parish is Brereton Hall. The listed buildings consist of the hall and associated buildings, the church and a sundial in its churchyard, a public house, a former mill, farmhouses and farm buildings, houses or cottages, and three mileposts.
Gawsworth is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 20 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest grade, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Gawsworth, the parish is rural. The most important buildings in the parish, all listed at Grade I, are Gawsworth Old Hall and associated structures, St James' Church, also with associated structures, and the Old Rectory. Listed at Grade II* are Gawsworth New Hall and an associated barn. The Macclesfield Canal runs through the parish, and there are three listed structures associated with this, two bridges and a milestone. The other listed buildings are houses, farm buildings, a grave, a public house, a war memorial, and a boundary stone.
Goostrey is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 19 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. Apart from the village of Goostrey, the parish is mainly rural. It contains the Jodrell Bank Observatory, with its Grade I listed Lovell Telescope and its control building. In the village, the listed buildings include the church and associated structures, the former schoolmaster's house, and a row of cottages. Outside the village they include country houses, farmhouses, and farm buildings, some of which date back to the 16th century and are timber-framed.
Over Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 25 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 others are at Grade II. Other than the village of Ollerton, the parish is mainly rural. Apart from a church and three parish boundary stones, the listed buildings are all houses, farmhouses, and associated structures.
Poole is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish is rural, and the listed buildings consist of a country house with an associated barn, farmhouses and farm buildings, a cottage, a bridge, a pinfold, and a chapel.
Prestbury is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 51 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. Many of the listed buildings are in the village of Prestbury, including houses, a church and associated structures, shops, a bank, hotels, a public house, the village stocks, the entrance to a railway tunnel, and a telephone kiosk. In the surrounding countryside the listed buildings are more houses, farms and farm buildings, parish boundary stones, an ancient cross, and mileposts.
Sutton, also known as Sutton Lane Ends, is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 44 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 of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II. The parish is mainly rural, consisting of farmland and moorland. Many of the listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings, or houses with associated structures. Around the parish is a series of parish boundary stones. Passing through the west of the parish is the Macclesfield Canal, and there are listed buildings associated with this, including bridges, an aqueduct, and a milestone. Other listed buildings include a medieval wayside cross, a chapel and chaplain's house, a public house, and a mileplate.
Cockerham is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 19 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Cockerham, the parish is rural, and most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a church, the base of a sundial, boundary stones, and a bridge.
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