Listed buildings in Acton Bridge

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Acton Bridge is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It is mainly rural and contains the village of Acton Bridge. The parish is traversed by the River Weaver and Weaver Navigation in an east–west direction, the West Coast Main Line in a north–south direction, and the A49 road runs from northwest to southeast. It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Two of these are listed at Grade II*, and the other seven at Grade II. Most of the buildings are houses or farm buildings, but the list also includes a railway viaduct, a lock on the Weaver Navigation, and a guidepost.

Key

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Grade

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{{Grade II* colour}}|II*

| Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.

{{Grade II colour}}|II

| Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Listed buildings

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Hall Green Farmhouse
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2.6065|type:landmark|name=Hall Green Farmhouse}}

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|align="center"|{{sort|1600|Late 16th or early 17th century}}

|This is basically a timber-framed house with a hall and a cross-wing, later enclosed in brick. Inside the house are mural paintings of Cheshire scenes.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=87|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1287596|desc= Hall Green Farmhouse and attached front garden wall, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2}}

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Pepper Street
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2.6055|type:landmark|name=Pepper Street}}

|File:Pepper Street, Acton Bridge.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1625|Early 17th century}}

|Originally a farmhouse, then three cottages, and then converted into a house but damaged by a fire in 1953. It is timber-framed on a stone base, with a plaster infill. The roof is tiled.{{NHLE |num= 1216522|desc= Pepper Street, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Wolverley
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2.6101|type:landmark|name=Wolverley}}

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|align="center"|{{sort|1725|Early 17th century}}

|Additions and alterations have been carried out since. It is a long two-storey brick house with a slate roof. It has a late 18th-century doorcase with a later stone portico.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=87|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1287609|desc= Wolverley, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Wall Hill Farmhouse
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2.6062|type:landmark|name=Wall Hill Farmhouse}}

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|align="center"|{{sort|1825|Early 19th century}}

|A two-storey symmetrical farmhouse in orange brick with a Welsh slate roof. The windows are sashes.{{NHLE |num= 1216498|desc= Wall Hill Farmhouse, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Ash House
{{coord|53.2749
2.6205|type:landmark|name=Ash House}}

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|align="center"|{{sort|1835|Early–mid-19th century}}

|A two-storey symmetrical farmhouse in red brick on a stone plinth with a Welsh slate roof. At the entrance is a fluted Doric doorcase with a fanlight.{{NHLE |num= 1216497|desc= Ash House, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Shippon, Hall Green Farm
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2.6066|type:landmark|name=Shippon, Hall Green Farm}}

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|align="center"|{{sort|1835|Early–mid-19th century}}

|A rectangular two-storey brick building with a Welsh slate roof. The south front is in six bays.{{NHLE |num= 1216500|desc= Shippon 25m north of Hall Green Farmhouse, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Dutton Railway Viaduct
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2.6286|type:landmark|name=Dutton Railway Viaduct}}

|File:Pendolino on dutton viaduct 16381784526.jpg

|align="center"|1836

|Built by Joseph Locke and George Stephenson for the Grand Junction Railway in sandstone. It consists of 20 arches crossing the River Weaver.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=87|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1216523|desc= Dutton Railway Viaduct, Acton Bridge|accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Dutton Locks
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2.6218|type:landmark|name=Dutton Locks}}

|File:Dutton Locks - geograph.org.uk - 1531904.jpg

|align="center"|1874

|A pair of sandstone locks on the Weaver Navigation, wide enough to accommodate 500-ton sea-going ships.{{NHLE |num= 1216524|desc= Weaver Navigation Dutton Locks |accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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Guidepost
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2.60647|type:landmark|name=Guidepost}}

|File:Acton Bridge Guidepost.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1875|Late 19th century}}

|A cast iron octagonal post with a ball finial and fingerplates giving directions.{{NHLE |num= 1287635|desc= Guidepost at the junction of Cliff Road, Hill Top Road and Acton Lane, Acton Bridge |accessdate= 30 December 2012|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}}

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See also

References

Citations

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Sources

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  • {{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Claire |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =Yale University Press| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}

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Category:Listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester

Category:Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire