Listed buildings in Weaverham

Weaverham is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Apart from the village of Weaverham, the parish is entirely rural, and contains 22 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Most of the buildings are related to houses or farming, and many of the cottages originating in the 17th century are basically timber-framed. Buildings in other categories are two churches, a public house, and the former grammar school.

In 2009, Weaverham History Society, in association with The Weaverham Trust and Vale Royal Borough Council, installed 15 blue plaques on listed properties around the village, creating a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) heritage walk described on a leaflet and on interpretation boards within the village.[1]

Key

Grade	Criteria[2]
Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Mary's Church 53.2638°N 2.5758°W		Mid 15th century	A church has been present on the site since before the Norman conquest. The oldest part of the present church is the tower, with the rest dating from the 16th century. It was restored in 1855 by Anthony Salvin, and in 1877 by John Douglas. Its style is late Perpendicular. The font consists of a 13th-century column carrying a bowl from the 14th or 15th century, and a Jacobean cover.[3][4][5]	I
Raintub Cottage 53.2635°N 2.5788°W		17th century or earlier	Located at 11 Church Street, this is basically a timber-framed building with crucks. It was rebuilt in the 20th century copying its earlier appearance. The cottage has been encased in brick, and has a thatched roof. It is in one storey with an attic, and has 20th-century mullioned windows and a gabled dormer.[6]	II
Grammar school 53.2609°N 2.5835°W		1638	The grammar school was converted into a house in about 1920. It is constructed in large blocks of red sandstone, and has a slate roof. The building is in two storeys, and has a three-bay front. The windows have three lights and are mullioned.[7][8]	II
24 West Road 53.2623°N 2.5874°W		Early-mid 17th century	The cottage was extended in the 19th century. It is timber-framed with brick nogging on a stone base; the extensions are in brick. The cottage is in a single storey with an attic, and has a four-bay front. The windows are casements and dormers.[9]	II
42 Forest Street 53.2609°N 2.5839°W	—	Mid 17th century	The cottage is timber-framed on a stone base with a thatched roof. It is in a single storey; its south front has two bays. The windows are replaced casements. In the 20th century an extension was added to the rear; this has applied timber framing.[10]	II
3 and 5 Church Lane 53.2633°N 2.5765°W		17th century	A cottage that is partly timber-framed and partly in rendered brick, with a thatched roof. It is in two storeys and has a three-bay front. The windows are casements. The cottage was altered during the 19th century.[11]	II
12 High Street 53.2630°N 2.5807°W		17th century	The building started as a barn, it was then converted into a house, and later into a shop. It is timber-framed with brick nogging on a tall stone base. The building has a long rectangular plan, it is in two storeys, and has a four-bay front. It has a 19th-century shop front with a doorway between two windows. The other windows are casements.[12]	II
13 High Street 53.2629°N 2.5811°W		17th century	Originally a timber-framed house, this has been converted into four commercial units, and the timber framing has been rendered. The roof is in slate. The building has two storeys, and is in four bays. Windows include three-light casements.[13]	II
Ivy House 53.2636°N 2.5806°W		17th century	Some timber framing remains in the rear wall. The rest of the house was remodelled and refaced with brick in the 19th century, and a porch was added in the 20th century..The house has a slate roof. It is in two storeys with a four-bay front. The porch is in Ruabon brick with stone dressings.[7][14]	II
3 and 5 High Street 53.2628°N 2.5802°W		Late 17th century	Originating as a house, this was later converted into a cottage and a shop. It is timber-framed with brick nogging on a stone base. It is in two storeys, and has a four-bay front. The windows include a three-light horizontally-sliding sash window and a two-light casement.[15]	II
Poplar Cottage 53.2627°N 2.5797°W		Late 17th century	Located on High Street, the cottage is timber-framed with brick nogging on a stone base, and has a thatched roof. It is in 1 ​1 ^1⁄2 storeys with a three-bay front. The windows are casements and lunettes.[7][16]	II
Gorstage Farmhouse 53.2525°N 2.5856°W	—	Early 18th century	The farmhouse has a rectangular plan, and is constructed in brick with a slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and the south front has four bays. The windows are casements. Inside, the central room has an inglenook fireplace with stone seats and a chamfered bressumer.[17]	II
Grange Lane Farmhouse 53.2516°N 2.5929°W	—	Early 18th century	Extensions were made during the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed in brick with slate roofs. It has an L-shaped plan, and is in two storeys with an attic. The front is in three bays, and the windows are casements.[18]	II
Hefferston Grange 53.2568°N 2.5949°W		1741	This was built as a country house, incorporating parts of an earlier house, and was enlarged in the 1770s. During the 20th century it was used as a hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis, and has since been converted into apartments. The building is in early Georgian style, and is constructed in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The windows are sashes. Internally, some of the rooms have stucco decoration in Rococo style.[19][20][21]	II*
Stables, Hefferston Grange 53.2572°N 2.5955°W	—	Early-mid 18th century	Constructed in brick with slate roofs, the building has stone dressings including flush quoins. In the centre of the roof is an octagonal wooden cupola with a clock and an ogee roof surmounted by a weathervane.[22][23]	II
14 and 16 High Street 53.2631°N 2.5810°W		Early-mid 18th century	Alterations were made to the two houses in the middle of the 19th century. They are constructed in brick with slate roofs. The houses have two storeys with a six-bay front. The windows are sashes.[24]	II
Wheatsheaf Hotel 53.2629°N 2.5804°W		Early-mid 18th century	The public house is located at 2 High Street. Extensive additions were made to the rear during the 19th and 20th centuries. The original part is built in brick with rusticated quoins and slate roofs. It has three storeys, and has a symmetrical three-bay front. The windows are casements.[25]	II
6 and 8 Church Street 53.2632°N 2.5793°W		1772	Initially this was a terrace of three cottages, later converted into two. It is constructed in brick with a slate roof, in two storeys, with a six-bay front. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and the two surviving doors have semicircular heads and fanlights.[26]	II
Icehouse, Hefferston Grange 53.25685°N 2.59411°W	—	Late 18th-early 19th century	The icehouse is constructed in brick and covered in earth. Internally is a circular chamber with a doorway and a ladder that is possibly original.[27]	II
Gorstage Hall 53.2451°N 2.5916°W	—	Early-mid 19th century	A symmetrical country house with a square plan in two storeys. It is constructed in brick with sandstone dressings and rusticated quoins on a stone plinth. It has a slated hipped roof. On the garden front are two two-storey canted bay windows. The other windows are sashes. The entrance front is rendered.[28]	II
Methodist Church 53.2624°N 2.5812°W		1878	The church replaced an earlier church nearby, and was designed possibly by Edmund Kirby. It is constructed in brick with terracotta dressings. Inside is a tiered gallery and a centrally-placed pulpit.[7][29][30]	II
War memorial 53.26369°N 2.57611°W	—	1921	The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is in Devonshire granite and consists of a foliated cross with a moulded collar on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from a two-stage octagonal base on a square step. There are inscriptions and the names of those lose on the base and the step.[31]	II

References

Citations

1. "A Walk in our Village". Weaverham History Society. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
2. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 3 April 2015
3. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 659–660
4. Richards (1947), pp. 345–348
5. Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Weaverham (1287233)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
6. Historic England, "Raintub Cottage, Weaverham (1228511)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
7. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 660
8. Historic England, "The Old Grammar School, Weaverham (1287156)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
9. Historic England, "24 West Road, Weaverham (1228699)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
10. Historic England, "42 Forest Street, Weaverham (1228377)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
11. Historic England, "3 and 5 Church Lane, Weaverham (1228488)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
12. Historic England, "12 High Street, Weaverham (1228656)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
13. Historic England, "13 High Street, Weaverham (1228562)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
14. Historic England, "Ivy House, Weaverham (1287128)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
15. Historic England, "3 and 5 High Street, Weaverham (1228561)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
16. Historic England, "Poplar Cottage, Weaverham (1287122)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
17. Historic England, "Gorstage Farmhouse, Weaverham (1287234)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
18. Historic England, "Grange Lane Farmhouse, Weaverham (1228556)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
19. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 660–661
20. de Figueiredo & Treuherz (1988), p. 239
21. Historic England, "Hefferston Grange (part of the Grange Hospital), Weaverham (1287121)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
22. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 661
23. Historic England, "Former stables at Hefferston Grange, Weaverham (1228557)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
24. Historic England, "14 and 16 Church Street, Weaverham (1228566)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
25. Historic England, "Wheatsheaf Hotel, Weaverham (1228639)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
26. Historic England, "6 and 8 Church Street, Weaverham (1228375)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
27. Historic England, "Icehouse 35m east of Hefferston Grange, Weaverham (1228558)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
28. Historic England, "Gorstage Hall, Weaverham (1287118)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 January 2013
29. Historic England, "Methodist Church, Weaverham (1228376)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2013
30. Weaverham - Methodist (Wesleyan), GENUKI, archived from the original on 8 April 2015, retrieved 17 January 2013
31. Historic England, "Weaverham War Memorial (1437262)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 September 2016

Sources

• de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
• Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
• Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford