Listed buildings in Aldford
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Aldford is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 26 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The parish lies within the estate of Eaton Hall.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}} The major settlement is the village of Aldford, and many of the buildings in the village were built for the Grosvenor family of Eaton Hall. Most of the listed buildings are located in or near the village.
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{{Grade I colour}}|I
| Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. |
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| Buildings of national importance and special interest. |
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Churchyard cross and base {{coord|53.12879 |
2.86985|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Churchyard cross and base}}
|File:Cross in Aldford churchyard.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1450|Medieval (probable)}} |The original part is the base, consisting of four steps. The cross is dated 1901, and is in sandstone. On the shaft are two brass plaques, both inscribed, one with the Apostles' Creed. On the head of the cross is a carving of the Crucifixion.{{NHLE |num= 1135991|desc= Cross and Stepped Base East of Path to South Porch of Church of St John the Baptist, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Thatched cottage {{coord|53.1273 |
2.8714|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Thatched cottage}}
|File:Old houses at Aldford - geograph.org.uk - 1350443.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1625|Early 17th century}} |A timber-framed cottage with brick nogging and a thatched roof. It is in two storeys and contains casement windows.{{NHLE |num= 1129911|desc= Thatched Cottage (left of a pair), Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Stocks {{coord|53.12790 |
2.86560|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Stocks}}
|File:Aldford, the stocks - geograph.org.uk - 1350513.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1650|17th century (probable)}} |The stocks are in sandstone and oak. They contain four leg-holes, behind which is a sandstone seat, and a retaining wall.{{NHLE |num= 1129944|desc= Stocks, almost opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Bank Farm Farmhouse {{coord|53.1271 |
2.8660|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Bank Farm Farmhouse}}
|File:Bank Farm, Aldford 01.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1750|Mid-18th century}} |The farmhouse is built in brick with a sandstone plinth, quoins and cornice. It is a symmetrical rectangular building in two storeys. The windows are casements dating from about 1830.{{NHLE |num= 1129945|desc= Bank Farm Farmhouse, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Sundial {{coord|53.12896 |
2.87017|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Sundial}}
|File:Sundial in Aldford Churchyard.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1751|18th century (probable)}} |Standing in St John's churchyard, this consists of a sundial with a copper dial on a red sandstone pier. The pier is square, and stands on a square base with two steps.{{NHLE |num= 1129950|desc= Sundial and pier west of South Porch of Church of St John the Baptist, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Aldford Iron Bridge {{coord|53.13480 |
2.87111|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Aldford Iron Bridge}}
|align="center"|1824 |A bridge designed by Thomas Telford and built by William Hazledine for the 1st Marquis of Westminster. It is built in cast iron and has yellow sandstone abutments forming a single arch. There are cast iron railings, and double gates at the crown of the bridge.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129943|desc= Iron Bridge over the River Dee, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade I colour}}|{{sort|a|I}} |
Farm building, Lea Manor Farm {{coord|53.1152 |
2.8468|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Farm building, Lea Manor Farm}}
|File:Aldford - Lea Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 220733.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1825|Early 19th century}} |A brick building in two storeys with a gabled slate roof. It contains cowsheds, a hayloft, and a pigeon loft with nesting boxes. Other features include loading doors, ventilation panels with honeycomb brickwork, and other ventilators in the form of triple-barred crosses.{{NHLE |num= 1313000|desc= Lea Manor Farm, Farm building immediately South West of Farmhouse, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Thatched cottage {{coord|53.1273 |
2.8714|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Thatched cottage}}
|File:Old houses at Aldford - geograph.org.uk - 1350443.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1835|Before 1837}} |A sandstone cottage with a thatched roof in 1½ storeys. The upper storey projects forwards. On the front of the cottage are a thatched dormer containing a casement window, and gable with a stone niche. At the rear are thatched eyebrow dormers.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1330608|desc= The Thatched Cottage (right of a pair), Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Aldford Bridge {{coord|53.12883 |
2.86512|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Aldford Bridge}}
|File:Aldford Bridge - August 2009 - geograph.org.uk - 1612937.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1850|Mid-19th century (probable)}} |A sandstone bridge carrying the B5130 Chester-Farndon road over Aldford Brook. It has three segmental arches with plain rectangular pilasters between the arches and at the ends of the abutments.{{NHLE |num= 1330586|desc= Aldford Bridge, carrying Chester Road over Aldford Brook|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Rose Cottage and West View {{coord|53.1255 |
2.8676|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Rose Cottage and West View}}
|File:Rose Cottage and West View, Aldford 01.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1860|c. 1860}} |A pair of cottages built in brick with slate roofs standing on a sandstone plinth. They are in 1½ storeys. On the front are half-dormers, and on the sides are half-timbered gables.{{NHLE |num= 1330607|desc= Rose Cottage and West View, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Vine Cottage and Smithy Cottage {{coord|53.1267 |
2.8661|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Vine Cottage and Smithy Cottage}}
|File:Vine Cottage and Smithy Cottage, Aldford 03.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1863|c. 1863}} |A pair of cottages built for the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. They are constructed in brick with gabled slate roofs. The cottages are in two storeys, with dentillated eaves. The windows are casements.{{NHLE |num= 1330588|desc= Vine Cottage and Smithy Cottage, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
St John the Baptist's Church {{coord|53.1290 |
2.8698|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=St John's Church}}
|File:St John's Church, Aldford2.jpg |align="center"|1866 |The church was designed by John Douglas for Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. It is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. It has a west tower with a shingled spire. Additions and alterations were made in 1902 by Douglas and Minshull.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|pp=94–95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1135984|desc= Church of St John the Baptist, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Churchyard wall and gates, St John's Church {{coord|53.12860 |
2.86988|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Churchyard wall and gates}}
|File:Wall of Aldford Churchyard 02.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1867|c. 1866}} |The churchyard walls are in sandstone rubble with a moulded coping. The gateposts are monoliths, and the gates are in oak.{{NHLE |num= 1330591|desc= Churchyard Wall and Gates, Church of St John the Baptist, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Church View and Post Office {{coord|53.1285 |
2.8701|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Church View and Post Office}}
|File:Village store, Aldford - geograph.org.uk - 202889.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1870|c. 1870 (probable)}} |A cottage and a post office with an attached dwelling, constructed in brown brick with blue brick diapering in the upper storey. The building is in simplified Jacobean style, and has tiled roofs. The windows are mullioned casements, and the large post office window is also transomed.{{NHLE |num= 1330592|desc= Church View, Post Office and attached Cottage, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
School and schoolhouse {{coord|53.1257 |
2.8668|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=School and schoolhouse}}
|File:Old School, Aldford 01.jpg |align="center"|1872 |This was built as a school and a schoolmaster's house. The school closed in 1912, and the building has been converted into two cottages. It is constructed in brick on a sandstone plinth, and has half-timbered gables, and tiled roofs. The building is in 1½ storeys.{{NHLE |num= 1129946|desc= Two old school houses, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Rushmere View {{coord|53.1262 |
2.8707|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Rushmere View}}
|File:Rushmere View, Aldford 01.jpg |align="center"|1874 |A terrace of four houses designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. Its upper storey is partly pargetted, and partly timber-framed. The roofs are tiled.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129909|desc= Rushmere View, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Clematis Cottage {{coord|53.1266 |
2.8700|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Clematis Cottage}}
|File:Clematis Cottages, Aldford 02.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1875|c. 1875}} |A terrace of four cottages designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The lower storey is in brick, the upper storey is rendered with pargetting and three gabled dormers. On the right is a single-storey wing containing the fourth cottage; its end gable is timber-framed.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1313004|desc= Clematis Cottage, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Pair of cottages {{coord|53.1266 |
2.8712|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Pair of cottages}}
|File:Cottage in School Lane, Aldford.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1875|c. 1875}} |A pair of cottages designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They are in 1½ storeys, the lower storey being in brick, the upper storey being rendered with floral-decorated pargetting. At the front are paired dormer gables.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129910|desc= Most southern pair of cottages, north of corner of Rushmere Lane, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Aldford Hall {{coord|53.1173 |
2.8710|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Aldford Hall}}
|{{centre|—}} |align="center"|1876–81 |The farmhouse of a model farm designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster, later converted into two cottages. It is in two storeys, the lower storey being in sandstone, the upper storey in brown brick with blue brick diapering. It has a complex tiled hipped roof with shaped gables. There is a massive central brick chimney.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129947|desc= Aldford Hall|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Aldford Lodge {{coord|53.1289 |
2.8662|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Aldford Lodge}}
|align="center"|1877 |A pair of cottages for the 1st Duke of Westminster designed either by Alfred Waterhouse or John Douglas. They are in brick with stone dressings on a stone plinth with pargetted gables and tiled roofs. They are in 1½ storeys, each cottage having approximately two bays. The windows are casements.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{sfnp|Hubbard|1991|p=89–90, 248|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1330590|desc= Aldford Lodge to Eaton Park, and attached Avenue Cottage|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Gates, Aldford Lodge {{coord|53.12892 |
2.86579|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Gates, Aldford Lodge}}
|File:Gate entrance to the Grosvenor estate.jpg |align="center"|{{sort|1878|c. 1877}} |Designed for the 1st Duke of Westminster, possibly by Alfred Waterhouse or by John Douglas. They consist of wrought iron gates between piers, flanked by stone wing walls. The gates are decorated, and incorporate the initial "W". On each pier is a tapered square lantern.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129948|desc= Aldford Lodge Gates, Piers and Wing Walls|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Farm buildings, Aldford Hall {{coord|53.1176 |
2.8714|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Farm buildings, Aldford Hall}}
|{{centre|—}} |align="center"|1883 |Designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster, this is part of a model farm. The buildings are constructed in brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Features include a pedimented loading door, a flèche acting as a ventilator, haylofts, and ventilators in the walls in ornate patterns.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1330589|desc= Farm buildings around Yard immediately north west of Aldford Hall|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
1 and 2 Church Lane {{coord|53.1285 |
2.8664|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=1 and 2 Church Lane}}
|File:Nos.l (formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane, Aldford.jpg |align="center"|1893 |A pair of cottages for the 1st Duke of Westminster, probably designed by Douglas & Fordham. They are asymmetrical, in Jacobean style with 1½ storeys. The cottages are built in red brick with blue brick diapering, and slate roofs. Features include shaped gables, shaped chimneys, and casement windows.{{NHLE |num= 1129951|desc= Nos. 1 (formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Brook View and Nurses' Cottage {{coord|53.1283 |
2.8659|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Former nurse's accommodation and dispensary, Brookview and Stocks View}}
|File:Brook View and Stocks View, Aldford 02.jpg |align="center"|1893 |A pair of cottages with an attached dispensary designed by Douglas & Fordham for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The cottages are in 1½ storeys, and the dispensary in a single storey. They are constructed in brown brick with blue brick diapering. The roofs are tiled, and the windows are mullioned or casements. Other features include gabled dormers and a central chimney with diagonal flues.{{NHLE |num= 1330587|desc=Former nurse's accommodation and dispensary, Brookview and Stocks View, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Old Rectory {{coord|53.1290 |
2.8680|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Old Rectory}}
|File:The Old Rectory, Aldford.jpg |align="center"|1897 |Designed by Thomas Lockwood and Sons for the 1st Duke of Westminster, the house is constructed in red brick with blue diapering on a sandstone plinth with sandstone dressings. It is roofed in Westmorland slate. The house is in 2½ storeys with a garden front of four bays. The windows are mullioned and transomed.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=95|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1129949|desc= The Old Rectory, Aldford|accessdate= 17 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
Telephone kiosk {{coord|53.12846 |
2.86884|type:landmark_region:GB-CHW|name=Telephone kiosk}}
|File:Telephone kiosk, Aldford.jpg |align="center"|1935 |A type K6 telephone kiosk designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. It is constructed in cast iron, and has a square plan with a domed top. The top panels are embellished with unperforated crowns.{{NHLE |num= 1130677|desc= K6 Telephone Kiosk, Between frontages of Institute and Old Rectory, Aldford|accessdate= 18 March 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=x}} ! {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}} |
See also
- Listed buildings in Buerton
- Listed buildings in Churton by Aldford
- Listed buildings in Coddington
- Listed buildings in Eaton
- Listed buildings in Eccleston
- Listed buildings in Golborne David
- Listed buildings in Handley
- Listed buildings in Huntington
- Listed buildings in Huxley
- Listed buildings in Poulton
- Listed buildings in Pulford
- Listed buildings in Rowton
- Listed buildings in Saighton
- Listed buildings in Waverton
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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 }}
- {{citation | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | title =The Work of John Douglas | publisher =The Victorian Society | year =1991 | location =London | pages = 89–90, 248| isbn =0-901657-16-6 }}
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