Name | Remains | Location | Date | Description |
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Anderton Boat Lift | Boat lift | Anderton 53.2727°N -2.5305°W | 1875 | An electrical lift to raise and lower boats between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent and Mersey Canal.[1] |
Armada Beacon | Mound of earth and stone | Alderley Edge 53.2959°N -2.2126°W | 16th century | The foundations of the platform for one of a series of beacons in response to the threat of invasion. The beacon was restored in 1779 and blown down in 1931.[2] |
Aston dovecote | Dovecote | Aston 53.2974°N -2.6719°W | 1691 | A dovecote on the site of Aston Old Hall. One of the few double dovecotes in England, now without a roof or dividing wall.[3] |
Bank Quay Transporter Bridge | Transporter bridge | Warrington 53.3821°N -2.6091°W | 1913–15 | This a disused transporter bridge within the works of Joseph Crosfield and Sons. It is also a Grade II* listed building.[4] |
Beeston lock | Canal lock | Beeston 53.1343°N -2.6682°W | 1827–28 | A unique cast iron lock designed by Thomas Telford on the Shropshire Union Canal.[5] |
Bunbury locks | Canal locks | Bunbury 53.1269°N -2.6323°W | 1775–79 | Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, with the associated bridge and stables. The locks are also listed at Grade II*.[6] |
Burton Manor icehouse | Icehouse | Burton 53.2591°N -3.0287°W | Early 19th century | An ice house in the grounds of Burton Manor. It is cut in rock and has gas lighting and a food preparation area, which are both unusual features.[7] |
Crossley (or Colleymill) Bridge | Bridge | Congleton 53.1892°N -2.164°W | 17th–18th century | A two-arched stone bridge carrying the A54 road over the River Dane. It is also listed at Grade II.[8] |
Danebower colliery chimney | Stone chimney | Wildboarclough 53.2266°N -1.9871°W | Early 19th century | A stone chimney for ventilation of the colliery.[9] |
Daresbury | Mersey flat | Sutton 53.3011°N -2.6889°W | 18th century | The remains of the only known Mersey flat dating from before 1840. |
Former soda ash and calcium nitrate works | Foundations of chemical works | Plumley 53.271°N -2.4408°W | Early 20th century | The remains of factories, one producing soda ash by the ammonia-soda process, and the other producing calcium nitrate. |
Gawsworth Old Hall | Earthworks, walls | Gawsworth 53.2226°N -2.1647°W | Post-medieval | The remains of an Elizabethan garden and five ornamental pools that were probably constructed by Sir Edward Fitton III for open air entertainment.[10] |
Great Moreton Hall icehouse tower | Tower | Moreton cum Alcumlow 53.1327°N -2.2396°W | 1841 | This consists of a castellated tower over a tunnel leading to an icehouse. It is also listed at Grade II.[11] |
Hale Duck Decoy | Duck decoy | Hale 53.3385°N -2.7853°W | 17th century | A pentagonal ditched enclosure containing a central pond and five curving arms. It has been restored as a nature reserve.[12] |
Huntington Hall | Bridge and causeway | Huntington 53.1651°N -2.8694°W | Post-medieval | Sandstone bridge and causeway leading to platform for former moated manor house or grange.[13] |
Jodrell Bank dovecote and pigsty | Brick building | Twemlow 53.2286°N -2.3056°W | Late 17th century | A three-storey brick structure of which the lowest storey is a pigsty and the upper two storeys constitute a dovecote.[14] |
Kinderton Hall gardens | Earthworks | Kinderton 53.1995°N -2.4392°W | Post-medieval | Earthworks of a former formal garden to the west of the medieval moat, including a prospect mound.[15] |
Lion Salt Works | Salt works | Marston 53.2753°N -2.4949°W | 1842 | An open pan salt works in operation until 1986. It is now a museum and some of the surviving buildings are also listed at Grade II.[16] [17] |
Lymm Hall cockpits | Cockpits | Lymm 53.3793°N -2.4769°W | 17th century | Two well-preserved but overgrown cockpits built in sandstone rubble and earth.[18] |
Marton Grange | Earthworks and a stone | Marton 53.2036°N -2.5662°W | Post-Medieval | A former manor house which was demolished in 1848. The site was previously occupied by a medieval monastic grange. The monument also includes the sandstone socket stone which was previously the base of a cross.[19] |
Murgatroyd brine shaft | Underground mine shaft | Middlewich 53.1903°N -2.4359°W | 1889 | A brine shaft dug by made which contains three 20th-century pumps.[20] |
Newbold Astbury churchyard cross | Stone structure | Newbold Astbury 53.1505°N -2.2315°W | 16th century | This consists of an octagonal gritstone cross base forming two steps up to a base block which is also octagonal to which a later shaft has been added. It stands in St Mary's churchyard and is listed at Grade II.[21] |
Norley anti-aircraft battery | Foundations and buildings | Norley 53.2981°N -2.3467°W | c. 1950 | The foundations of housing for four heavy anti-aircraft guns, a reinforced concrete generator, the gunshed building and the command post.[22] |
Over churchyard cross | Stone structure | Over 53.1816°N -2.5248°W | c. 1543 | A yellow sandstone stepped octagonal base with the lower section of a shaft which has been truncated to form a sundial. It stands in St Chad's churchyard and is listed at Grade II. |
Overton | Earthworks | Overton 53.0294°N -2.7872°W | Medieval and post-medieval | Platforms for buildings, hollow ways and ridge and furrow cultivation remains suggest a deserted village.[23] |
Pickett-Hamilton fort | Underground workings | Burtonwood 53.4091°N -2.6541°W | 1940–41 | The underground remains of a former USAAF fort with rusted items, including hydraulic jacks, which lie under a circular concrete slab.[24] |
Poynton Hall icehouse | Brick structure | Poynton 53.3548°N -2.1074°W | c. 1758 | Built from local sandstone, most of the icehouse is below ground level. It is listed at Grade II.[25] |
Puddington anti-aircraft gunsite | Buildings | Puddington 53.253°N -2.997°W | c. 1941 | Remains of four gun pits, the command post and ruined ancillary buildings. Built in the Second World War to house heavy anti-aircraft guns.[26] |
RAF Cranage | Airfield | Cranage 53.2263°N -2.4093°W | 1939 | An airfield used by the RAF during the Second World War. Included are the Defence Headquarters, a gun pit, an aircrew sleeping shelter, and four pillboxes (three complete and one demolished).[27] |
Shocklach churchyard cross | Stone structure | Shocklach 53.0458°N -2.8492°W | Post-medieval | This is in red sandstone and consists of three steps and a plinth with a partly restored shaft in St Edith's churchyard. It is listed at Grade II.[28] |
Sutton anti-aircraft gunsite | Gun emplacements and buildings | Sutton Weaver 53.309°N -2.6783°W | 1940 | This was a heavy anti-aircraft gunsite built in the Second World War. The remains consist of five gun emplacements, the command post, two garages and a generator building.[29] |
Tilstone Hall gateway | Ruin | Tarporley 53.1433°N -2.6399°W | Late 16th/early 17th century | The ruin of a gateway to a house which was demolished about 1740. It is also listed at Grade II.[30] |
West Mine Plant | Industrial site | Nether Alderley 53.2942°N -2.2112°W | 19th century | A mining complex in the mid-19th century producing and treating copper, lead and cobalt ores.[31] |
Wrenbury lifting bridge | Bridge | Wrenbury 53.0281°N -2.6128°W | c. 1790 | A wooden lifting bridge carrying a road over the Llangollen Canal designed by Thomas Telford. It is also listed at Grade II.[32] |
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