Kingsley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Other than the village of Kingsley, the parish is entirely rural. It contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Other than the church and its lychgate, and the wall of a former Quaker burial ground, the structures are all related to domestic buildings or farms.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crewood Hall 53.2806°N -2.6519°W | Basically a timber-framed country house, with a two-storey porch added in 1623. Much of it was encased in brick in the 19th century when the house was also extended. It is a two-storey house, consisting of a hall with two cross wings and the porch. | ||||
| The Croft 53.2654°N -2.6771°W | This is a cottage that has been rendered and altered since it was built. It is in one storey, with attics, and has a thatched roof. The windows are casements with dormers in the attics. | ||||
| Manor House Farmhouse 53.2706°N -2.7068°W | A brown brick house with blue-brick banding, sandstone quoins, and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has an attic, a two-storey porch, and a lean-to extension. One of the rooms has oak panelling. | ||||
| Quaker Meeting House Wall 53.2676°N -2.7052°W | 1686 | A sandstone wall, formerly surrounding the burial ground of a Quaker meeting house. The meeting house was demolished in 1856, and the wall was rebuilt, incorporating some of the fabric of the meeting house and an inscribed stone. | |||
| Walls and two bridges to moat, Peel Hall 53.2746°N -2.6909°W | The walls of the moat, and the bridges, are in sandstone with some brick. The bridge on the southwest side dates probably from the 18th century; that on the southeast side has cast iron posts, and is probably from the 19th century. The moated site is a scheduled monument. | ||||
| Lower House Farmhouse 53.2749°N -2.6992°W | A brick house with slate roofs in two storeys plus an attic. It has one horizontally sliding sash window in a gable; the other windows are casements. | ||||
| Castle Hill Farmhouse 53.2665°N -2.695°W | A two-storey brick building with slate roofs and rusticated quoins. The lintels have keystones and voussoirs, and the windows are sashes. | ||||
| Castle Hill House 53.2658°N -2.6942°W | This is a two-storey house in white-painted brick on a sandstone plinth with a slate roof. Three steps lead up to a door with a Doric pedimented doorcase. | ||||
| Catten Hall Farmhouse 53.2865°N -2.6752°W | A two-storey brick house with some rendering and rusticated quoins and a slate roof, standing on a sandstone plinth. It has a Doric doorcase with an entablature, and sash windows. The attached L-shaped sandstone farm building is included in the listing. | ||||
| Kingsley Hall 53.2694°N -2.6738°W | A two-storey brick house on a painted stone plinth with a slate roof. The doorcase is Tuscan with an ornate fanlight, and the windows are sashes. | ||||
| St John's Church 53.2701°N -2.6799°W | 1849–50 | This was a Commissioners' church designed by George Gilbert Scott. It is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. Its style is that of the 13th century, with an embraced west steeple. | |||
| Stables, Crewood Hall 53.2808°N -2.6521°W | A brick building with tiled roofs. Its features include doors, pitching eyes, and vents that are diamond-shaped or split-diamonds. | ||||
| Lychgate, St John's Church 53.27°N -2.6793°W | A timber-framed lychgate on a sandstone plinth with a green slate roof. | ||||
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