Wybunbury is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Wybunbury, and is otherwise rural. The listed buildings consist of houses, a school, a public house, a war memorial, and the tower of an otherwise demolished church.
| Grade | Criteria |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower, St Chad's Church 53.0453°N -2.4489°W | The body of the church was demolished in about 1976, leaving the tower standing alone. It is built in sandstone with a lead roof, and is in Perpendicular style. In the middle of the 18th century the tower was found to be leaning, and in 1833 James Trubshaw attempted to straighten it, but it still leans to the north. The tower is 96feet high, is in five stages, and has a battlemented parapet with crocketed pinnacles. The land on which the tower and former church stands are a scheduled monument. | |||
| Swan Inn 53.0455°N -2.4497°W | A public house that was altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built in pebbledashed brick and has a tiled roof. The building is in two storeys, and has a three-bay front. The left bay contains a two-storey bow with a seven-light window in each floor. The middle bay contains a lean-to porch, and the windows are sashes. | |||
| Rose Cottage 53.0456°N -2.4499°W | The cottage is basically timber-framed with brick infill, and there are later alterations and additions in brick. It has a tiled roof. The windows are casements, those in the upper floor in gabled dormers. | |||
| Delves School 53.0408°N -2.4487°W | 1822 | The school is in brick with stone dressings and has a tiled roof. It is in a single storey, and the original part has a symmetrical five-bay front. The bays are divided by pilasters. In the central bay is a doorway with a round-headed fanlight, and at the top is a stone pediment. The lateral bays each contain a round-headed window. On each side of the original building are extensions. | ||
| Grove House 53.0495°N -2.4653°W | A brick farmhouse with a tiled roof in two storeys. It has a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is a flat-roofed porch with an entablature carried on columns, behind which is a doorway with a rectangular fanlight. The windows are sashes with stone sills and wedge lintels. On the left is a single-bay extension. | |||
| The Poplars 53.0505°N -2.4643°W | A brick farmhouse with a tiled roof in three storeys. It has a symmetrical three-bay front, the central bay projecting slightly. In the centre is a flat-roofed porch carried on Tuscan columns. The windows are sashes with stone sills and wedge lintels. | |||
| The Cliffe 53.0402°N -2.4419°W | A brick house with applied timber-framing in two storeys with an attic. To the right of the entrance front is a gabled porch containing an archway with Jacobean pilasters topped by Ionic capitals. On the front is a jettied gable with moulded bargeboards and containing an oriel window. To the left of this is a two-storey canted bay window. The windows contain lozenge glazing. | |||
| War memorial 53.0456°N -2.4543°W | 1921 | The war memorial is in the form of a Calvary cross. It is in sandstone, and consists of a plinth with a tapering shaft, on which is a figure of Christ in metal. The plinth is inscribed, and also carries the names of those who were lost in the two World Wars. | ||
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