Alvanley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains the village of Alvanley, but is otherwise rural. Included in the parish are 24 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Most of these are houses or farm buildings; the others consist of a church plus two tombs in the churchyard, a school, a guidepost, and a structure that is either a wayside or a plague cross.
| Grade | Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. | |
| Grade II | Buildings of national importance and special interest. | |
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden's Cross 53.2569°N -2.7294°W | This consists of a trapezoidal piece of sandstone with a chamber on the front face. It is either the base of a wayside cross or a plague cross. It is also a scheduled monument.[1] | ||||
| Austerson Old Hall 53.2558°N -2.7361°W | This is constructed in brick, sandstone, and timber framing with close studding, and has tiled roofs. It consists of a hall and a cross wing. It originally stood in the village of Austerson, Cheshire; it was taken down and re-assembled here in the early 1980s. | ||||
| Clematis Cottage 53.2633°N -2.759°W | The cottage was altered and extended in 1693. It has a T-shaped plan, is constructed in sandstone, now painted, and has a slate roof. The cottage is in storeys, and contains mullioned windows. | ||||
| Alvanley Hall 53.2585°N -2.7457°W | An L-shaped sandstone farmhouse in two storeys plus attics with slate roofs. The windows are mullioned. In the cellar are two large medieval circular piers on polygonal bases. | ||||
| Walnut Tree Farmhouse 53.2635°N -2.7596°W | A T-shaped farmhouse in partly pebbledashed sandstone, with a brick extension and slate roofs. It is in two and storeys. One of its windows has five lights and is mullioned; the other windows are casements. There is some internal timber framing | ||||
| Commonside Farmhouse 53.2639°N -2.745°W | This a timber-framed building with crucks, encased in brick, with a sandstone wall on the north side. The roof is thatched. The farmhouse is in storeys, with a 20th-century extension to the rear. The windows are casements, and dormers. | ||||
| Tithebarn, Alvanley Hall 53.257°N -2.7442°W | A tithebarn in brown brick with a slate roof. | ||||
| Birch Cottage 53.2661°N -2.7592°W | Basically a timber-framed cottage, this has been encased in brick, which is now painted. The roof is thatched. The cottage is in storeys, and has a single-storey brick extension on the left. | ||||
| Meadowbank Cottage 53.2657°N -2.7542°W | This was encased in brick, probably in the 19th century. It stands on a sandstone plinth, and has a thatched roof. The college is in one storey with attics, and has a brick rear extension. | ||||
| Poplar Tree Farmhouse 53.263°N -2.7589°W | 1684 | A two-storey brick house on a sandstone plinth with a slate roof. The brickwork is decorated with diapering and dentillation and with stone bands. The windows are casements, and the doorcase is pedimented. | |||
| Holly Tree Cottage 53.2649°N -2.7471°W | Now a cottage, this originated as a farmhouse and shippon. It is rendered with a thatched roof, and has a single storey plus attic. The windows are casements, other than a single dormer. It contains an internal timber-framed wall. | ||||
| Ash Cottage 53.2618°N -2.7572°W | 1795 | A two-storey cottage in brick on a sandstone plinth, both of which have been rendered. The roof is slated, and the windows are casements. | |||
| Pear Tree Cottage 53.2618°N -2.7558°W | 1795 | An L-shaped brick cottage on a sandstone plinth with one rendered wall. The roof is felt-covered slate, and the windows are casements. | |||
| Shippon, stable and cartshed, Poplar Tree Farmhouse 53.2628°N -2.7587°W | An L-shaped building in brick and sandstone with corrugated asbestos roofs. Features include pitching holes and external stone steps. | ||||
| Griffith tomb 53.2612°N -2.7551°W | A table tomb in St John's churchyard. It is in red sandstone, the table being supported on three cross-slabs. The panels contain inscriptions relating to members of the Griffith family. | ||||
| Noden tomb 53.2612°N -2.7549°W | A table tomb in St John's churchyard. It is in red sandstone with panels on each side, carved with festoons, urns and inscriptions relating to members of the Noden family. | ||||
| Stables and cartshed, Alvanley Hall 53.2574°N -2.7445°W | Constructed in brick with slate roofs, the features incorporate doors, including a divided stable door, arched openings, windows, and pitching holes. | ||||
| Greenbank Farmhouse 53.2615°N -2.7567°W | A two-storey brick house with slate roofs. The door has a simple pediment. Other than one fixed 16-pane window, the other windows are horizontally sliding sashes. | ||||
| Church House Farmhouse 53.2604°N -2.7544°W | A brick house on a sandstone plinth in late Georgian style. It consists of a main three-bay gabled block with two storeys and an attic, and a two-storey wing to the right. The windows in the main block are sashes, and those in the wing are casements. The sandstone garden wall is included in the listing. | ||||
| Shippon, Church House Farmhouse 53.2601°N -2.7546°W | A shippon in late Georgian style. It is constructed brick on a sandstone plinth with one wing in sandstone, and has a slated roof. The features include doorways, archways, a casement window, and diamond-shaped vents. | ||||
| St John the Evangelist's Church 53.2613°N -2.7547°W | 1860 | Designed by J. S. Crowther, the church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs, and is in early Decorated style. On the west end is a corbelled belfry with two bells. | |||
| School and schoolmaster's house 53.261°N -2.7558°W | A L-shaped school building with attached schoolmaster's house in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. The school has a bellcote with a spirelet, a clock, and a 17th-century bell which was moved from the old church when it was rebuilt. The school includes two triple lancet windows, and the house has a mullioned and transomed window and a dormer. The building was possibly designed by J. S. Crowther. | ||||
| Guidepost 53.2613°N -2.7274°W | 1870s (probable) | This is in cast iron standing about 2m (07feet) high. The post is octagonal with a plinth, a cap, and a ball finial. The plates indicate distances to nearby locations in sans-serif capitals. | |||
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