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Listed buildings in Bosley

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Bosley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 28 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 almost entirely rural. The major structure passing through the parish is the Macclesfield Canal, and 18 of the listed buildings are associated with the canal, namely 11 of the 12 Bosley Locks (lock number 6 is in North Rode parish), four bridges, an aqueduct, a milestone, and a distance marker. Also in the parish is Bosley Reservoir, and there are two listed structures associated with this. The other listed buildings are farmhouses, two bridges over the River Dane, a public house, a school, a church, and a sundial.

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! Criteria{{citation|url=http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/listed-buildings/|title=Listed Buildings|publisher=Historic England|access-date=30 March 2015}}

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| Particularly important buildings of more than special interest

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| Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

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Church of St Mary the Virgin
{{coord|53.18694
2.12396|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Church of St Mary the Virgin}}

|File:St Mary, the Virgin, Bosley.JPG

|align="center"|{{sort|1500|c. 1500}}

|The oldest part of the church is the Perpendicular sandstone tower with its battlemented parapet. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1777 in brick, and the chancel was added in 1834. The windows in the nave have slightly pointed heads, and those in the chancel are lancets.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1138907|desc= Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2}}

|align="center" {{Grade II* colour}}|{{sort|b|II*}}

Stiles Meadow Farmhouse
{{coord|53.18216
2.10681|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Stiles Meadow Farmhouse}}

|{{centre|—}}

|align="center"|{{sort|1635|Early to mid-17th century}}

|The farmhouse was extended in the 18th and the 20th centuries. The earlier part is timber-framed with brick nogging on a stone plinth, and the later part is in stone. The roofs are in Kerridge stone-slate. The farmhouse has 1½ storeys, and is in three one-bay portions. The left portion is in stone, and the other portions are timber-framed. In the centre is a timber-framed porch. Inside the farmhouse is an inglenook.{{NHLE |num= 1138903|desc= Stiles Meadow Farmhouse, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Mill House Farmhouse
{{coord|53.18070
2.11766|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Mill House Farmhouse}}

|{{centre|—}}

|align="center"|{{sort|1650| 17th century}}

|The farmhouse was extended in the 18th century, and an extension was added in 1929. The early part has a timber-framed core. The whole building is in brick with roofs in Kerridge stone-slate and tiles. The farmhouse is in two storeys, the windows are casements, and inside is an inglenook.{{NHLE |num= 1366193|desc= Mill House Farmhouse, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Hug Bridge
{{coord|53.16933
2.10526|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Hug Bridge}}

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

|The bridge carries the A523 road over the River Dane. It is constructed in stone, and consists of a single arch. It has a parapet with half-round coping extending to half-round piers.{{NHLE |num= 1191375|desc= Hug Bridge, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Queen's Arms Inn
{{coord|53.18695
2.12319|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Queen's Arms Inn}}

|File:Former Queen's Arms Inn, Bosley.jpg

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

|A public house built in brick on a sandstone plinth with a slate roof. It is in two storeys with an attic, and has a symmetrical front. In the centre is a doorway flanked by windows, and there are three windows in the upper floor; all these windows are sashes. There is an arched window in the attic in each end gable.{{NHLE |num= 1138909|desc= Queen's Arms Inn, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Lymford Bridge
{{coord|53.18286
2.13287|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lymford Bridge}}

|File:Lymford Bridge.jpg

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

|The bridge carries Tunstall Road over the River Dane. It is constructed in sandstone and consists of a single wide segmental arch. It has lightly tooled parapets and rounded copings. There is a raised pavement on the south side.{{NHLE |num= 1138904|desc= Lymford Bridge, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Sundial
{{coord|53.18683
2.12397|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Sundial}}

|File:Sundial in Bosley churchyard.jpg

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

|The sundial is in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It consists of a short tapered gritstone shaft on a red sandstone base. On the top is a copper dial carved with the churchwardens' initials. The gnomon is missing.{{NHLE |num= 1138908|desc= Sundial and Shaft south of Nave in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Dane Aqueduct
{{coord|53.18446
2.14148|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Dane Aqueduct}}

|File:Dane Aqueduct 2.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1830|c. 1830}}

|The aqueduct carries the Macclesfield Canal at a height of about {{convert|45|ft|m|0}} over the River Dane. It is constructed in sandstone, and consists of a single semicircular arch with a span of about {{convert|35|ft|m|0}}. It has stone coped parapets, and railings between balusters that are capped with urns.{{NHLE |num= 1135940|desc= Dane Aqueduct, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bridge near Reservoir Dam
{{coord|53.18642
2.11160|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Bridge near Reservoir Dam}}

|File:Road bridge at Bosley Reservoir.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1830|c. 1830}}

|The bridge carries Smithy Lane over a conduit from Bosley Reservoir. It is constructed in sandstone, and consists of a single horseshoe elliptical arch. The parapets have projecting copings and end in square piers.{{NHLE |num= 1138906|desc= Road Bridge opposite east end of Reservoir Dam, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Canal milestone
{{coord|53.20181
2.14188|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Canal milestone}}

|File:Canal Milestone, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 551397.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1830|c. 1830}}

|The milestone stands by the Macclesfield Canal. It is in sandstone and is inscribed with the distances in miles to Hall Green and Marple.{{NHLE |num= 1214274|desc= Canal milestone at SJ 9063 6721, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

|Distance marker
{{coord|53.20513
2.14023|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Distance marker}}

|{{centre|—}}

|align="center"|{{sort|1830|c. 1830}}

|The distance stone stands by the towpath of the Macclesfield Canal. It is a rectangular slab of sandstone inscribed with "1/2" on the south face and "3/4" on the north face.{{NHLE |num= 1214275|desc= Distance marker at SJ 9073 6755, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Valve House
{{coord|53.18543
2.11397|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Valve House}}

|File:Valve house at Bosley Reservoir 01.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1830|c. 1830}}

|The valve house controls the flow of water from Bosley Reservoir to the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. It is constructed in gritstone, and is tunnel vaulted with a semicircular entrance. Stone wing walls lead down to the sluiceway.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1138905|desc= Valve House in Reservoir Dam, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 1 and spillway
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2.14333|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 1 and spillway}}

|File:Lock 1, Macclesfield Canal near Bosley - geograph.org.uk - 440999.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and spillway on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the gates are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a spillway.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1313054|desc= Bosley Lock Number 1 and spillway|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 2 and lock pound
{{coord|53.19666
2.14494|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 2 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Lock No 2, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 574823.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1138911|desc= Bosley Lock Number 2 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 3 and lock pound
{{coord|53.19579
2.14536|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 3 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Lock No 3, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 545370.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the gates are steel. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1313034|desc= Bosley Lock Number 3 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 4 and lock pound
{{coord|53.19481
2.14525|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 4 and lock pound}}

|File:Lock number 4 at Bosley.JPG

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1329983|desc= Bosley Lock Number 4 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 5 and lock pound
{{coord|53.19387
2.14487|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 5 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Locks, Macclesfield Canal - geograph.org.uk - 89205.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1135919|desc= Bosley Lock Number 5 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 7 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18985
2.14275|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 7 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Lock No 7, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 550752.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are timber, the lower are steel. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1135925|desc= Bosley Lock Number 7 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 8 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18901
2.14177|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 8 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Lock No 8, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 574878.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1329984|desc= Bosley Lock Number 8 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 9 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18838
2.14072|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 9 and lock pound}}

|File:Below Bosley Lock 9, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 550326.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1138913|desc= Bosley Lock Number 9 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 10 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18767
2.13942|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 10 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosley Locks 9 and 10, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 550317.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the gates are in steel. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1313044|desc= Bosley Lock Number 10 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 11 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18713
2.13867|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 11 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosleylock11.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are steel, the lower are timber. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1138914|desc= Bosley Lock Number 11 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Bosley lock number 12 and lock pound
{{coord|53.18640
2.13874|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Lock number 12 and lock pound}}

|File:Bosleybottomlock.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|A lock and pound on the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. The lock is constructed in gritstone, the upper gates are timber, the lower are steel. A cast-iron footbridge crosses the lock. To the west of the lock is a rectangular pound.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1329985|desc= Bosley Lock Number 12 and Lock Pound|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Canal bridge number 53
{{coord|53.20162
2.14198|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Canal bridge number 53}}

|File:Lockett's Bridge No 53, Bosley, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 545580.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|This is an accommodation bridge over the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. It is constructed in gritstone, and consists of a single horseshoe elliptical arch. The bridge has parapets with plain coping that end in square piers.{{NHLE |num= 1329982|desc= Bridge Number 53, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Canal bridge number 54
{{coord|53.19968
2.14344|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Canal bridge number 54}}

|File:Macclesfield Canal, Bridge Number 54.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|The bridge carries Station Road over the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. It is constructed in gritstone, and consists of a single horseshoe elliptical arch. The bridge has parapets with plain coping that end in square piers.{{NHLE |num= 1138910|desc= Bridge Number 54, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Canal bridge number 55
{{coord|53.19365
2.14477|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Canal bridge number 55}}

|File:Bridge No 55 Macclesfield Canal.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|The bridge carries the A54 road over the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. It is constructed in gritstone, and consists of a single horseshoe elliptical arch. The bridge has parapets with plain coping that end in square piers.{{NHLE |num= 1138912|desc= Bridge Number 55, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

Canal bridge number 56
{{coord|53.18887
2.14153|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=Canal bridge number 56}}

|File:Swindalls Bridge, No 56, Bosley, Macclesfield Canal, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 550748.jpg

|align="center"|1831

|This is an accommodation bridge over the Macclesfield Canal, the engineer for which was William Crosley. It is constructed in gritstone, and consists of a single horseshoe elliptical arch. The bridge has parapets with plain coping that end in square piers.{{NHLE |num= 1313042|desc= Bridge Number 56, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

School and Schoolmaster's House
{{coord|53.18806
2.12330|type:landmark_region:GB-CHE|name=School and Schoolmaster's House}}

|File:Bosley School.jpg

|align="center"|1858

|The school and attached house are in brick with tiled roofs. They have an H-shaped plan, the right leg constituting the school hall, the left leg the two-storey house, and the two-storey cross wing being shared. Features include cast-iron lattice windows, a gabled oriel window, a bellcote, and finials. At the rear is another schoolroom built in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.{{sfnp|Hartwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=167|ps=}}{{NHLE |num= 1329981|desc= School and former Schoolmaster's House, Bosley|accessdate= 24 November 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

|align="center" {{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|c|II}}

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  • {{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |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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