Listed buildings in Ridley, Cheshire

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Ridley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains two 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 other is at Grade II. The parish is almost entirely rural, its listed buildings consisting of the gatehouse of a former country house, and a school.

Ridley, Cheshire

Ridley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies to the north east of Malpas and to the west of Nantwich. The parish is largely rural with scattered farms and buildings and no significant settlements. In 2001, the population was a little over 100. Nearby villages include Bulkeley, Bunbury, Faddiley, Peckforton and Spurstow. At the 2011 Census the population had fallen less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Peckforton.

Cheshire East Borough and Unitary authority in England

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council.

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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II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
IIBuildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
Gatehouse, Ridley Hall
53°05′17″N2°40′41″W / 53.08807°N 2.67792°W / 53.08807; -2.67792 (Gatehouse, Ridley Hall)
c. 1530The gatehouse is all that survives of the original Ridley Hall that burned down in 1700. It is built in stone and brick and has a slated roof, and consists of an archway with a floor above. At the top of the arch is an achievement containing the coat of arms of the Egerton family, flanked by terms, with scrolls, animals, and musicians. [2] [3] II*
Ridley School
53°05′08″N2°41′07″W / 53.08556°N 2.68527°W / 53.08556; -2.68527 (Ridley School)
1876–77The school was designed by Thomas Bower in Gothic style. It is built in sandstone with a tiled roof. The school is in a single storey with a three-bay front, and to the east is a two-storey single-bay teacher's house, together forming a T-shaped plan. On the school is a bellcote, and the windows are mullioned, or mullioned and transomed. [2] [4] II

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  1. Historic England
  2. 1 2 Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 552
  3. Historic England & 1138584
  4. Historic England & 1330120

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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.

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.

Nikolaus Pevsner German-born British scholar

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture.