Listed buildings in Helsby explained

Helsby is a village and a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. The A56 road passes through it in a north–south direction. To the east is the former Helsby hill fort and to the west are the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. Helsby contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".

Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
265 Chester Road
53.2765°N -2.7655°W
A cottage in sandstone and brick with a single storey plus an attic.
Rose Farmhouse
53.2761°N -2.7663°W

(probable)
A two-storey building in rendered brick with some sandstone and a slate roof. The windows are casements.
Wright's Cottage,
Bates Lane
53.2775°N -2.7559°W
A cottage, originally with a barn behind. It is constructed in whitewashed brick and sandstone, and was originally thatched; it now has a corrugated iron roof.
Alvanley House
53.2684°N -2.7637°W
1773A two-storey brick house with slate roofs and 16-pane recessed sash windows.
Rake House
53.276°N -2.7682°W
1807Originated as a two-storey brick farmhouse with grey slate roofs. The windows are 16-pane sashes.
Shippon and barn,
Rose Farmhouse
53.2761°N -2.7668°W
A two-storey L-shaped building in brown brick with grey slate roofs.
Bank House
53.2775°N -2.7642°W
1830 (probable)A two-storey house in brown brick with a grey slate roof, which is almost pyramidal. The windows are 16-pane recessed sashes.
Helsby Station and stationmaster's house
53.2753°N -2.7706°W
1849Built for the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company in sandstone with slate roofs.
Shelter,
Helsby railway station
53.2754°N -2.771°W
1849Built for the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company in sandstone with slate roofs; it is in Jacobean style.
St Paul's Church
53.2775°N -2.7612°W
1868–70A church designed by John Douglas and extended in 1909 by Douglas and Minshull. It is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs, and has transepts, an apsidal chancel, and a spire.
Helsby Junction signal box
53.2754°N -2.771°W
1900The signal box stands on the island platform of Helsby railway station. It was built by and for the London and North Western Railway, and is an example of their Type 4. The signal box was renovated in 2003. It is constructed with a brick base, a timber upper floor, and a Welsh slate roof. The original lever frame has been retained.
Lychgate,
St Paul's Church
53.2777°N -2.7613°W
1911A timber-framed lychgate on a stone plinth with a green slate roof.
War memorial
53.2775°N -2.7618°W
1920The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Paul's Church. It is about high, in sandstone, and consists of a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft and a wheelhead, both of which are decorated with complex vine patterns in relief. The shaft is on a rectangular pedestal, itself on a base of three steps, all of which are on a platform. There is an inscription on the shaft, and the names of those lost in both world wars are inscribed on the plinth.

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