Listed buildings in Alpraham

Alpraham is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains twelve 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 grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Alpraham, the parish is rural, and most of the listed buildings are residential or related to farming. The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the villages, and five structures associated with this are listed, two bridges, a set of locks, a stable block, and a former lock-keeper's cottage.

Key

Grade	Criteria[1]
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Hilbre Lodge and attached cottage 53°08′13″N 2°37′15″W / 53.13698°N 2.62071°W	—	Early 17th century	Originally a single building, it has been divided into two dwellings and is in two storeys with an attic. The original building has two bays. An additional bay has been added to the west, with a north wing, giving the whole building an L-shaped plan. Most of the building is timber-framed, some of it roughcast, and in other places it is in brick painted to resemble timber-framing. The windows are casements.[2]	II
The Cottage and attached cottage 53°08′14″N 2°37′17″W / 53.13709°N 2.62132°W	—	Early 17th century	Originally a single building, it has been divided into two dwellings. The building is timber-framed with brick nogging and roughcast panels; it has a tiled roof. It is in two storeys and an attic, and has a two-bay front. The upper floor is jettied and gabled. The windows are casements.[3]	II
Grove Cottage 53°08′00″N 2°38′00″W / 53.13340°N 2.63330°W	—	Late17th century	The cottage is built in timber framing with wattle and daub that has been rendered and painted to resemble timber-framing. It has a thatched roof covered with metal sheeting. The cottage is in a single storey with an attic, and has a front of two bays, with an attached shippon to the west. The windows in the lower floor are casements, and in the upper floor is a gabled dormer with a bargeboard.[4]	II
Hillcrest 53°08′48″N 2°37′34″W / 53.14660°N 2.62609°W	—	1729	A brick house on a sandstone plinth with a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan, is in two storeys, and has a two-bay front. The windows are casements, and the door is approached up three stone steps.[5]	II
Clays Farm Bridge 53°07′29″N 2°36′49″W / 53.12474°N 2.61360°W	—	c. 1790	An accommodation bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal providing access to Clays Farm. It is in brick with stone copings, and is steeply humped. There are wide curved parapets on both approaches. On the south side is a narrow tunnel used for storage.[6]	II
Bunbury Bridge 53°07′37″N 2°37′58″W / 53.12708°N 2.63264°W		c. 1790	The bridge carries Bowe's Gate Road over the Shropshire Union Canal, the engineer in charge being Thomas Telford. It is built in brick with stone copings, and consists of a single skewed arch. It ha a solid humped parapet, and is part of a scheduled monument.[7][8][9]	II
Bunbury Locks 53°07′36″N 2°37′56″W / 53.12680°N 2.63211°W		c. 1790	A pair of staircase locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, the engineer in charge being Thomas Telford. The chambers are in brick and stone. The top and middle lock gates are in steel, and the bottom gates are wooden. The locks are crossed by two 20th-century footbridges. They are also forms part of a scheduled monument.[7][9][10]	II*
Cottage, Bunbury Locks 53°07′36″N 2°37′54″W / 53.12677°N 2.63177°W	—	Mid 19th century	The lock-keeper's cottage is in brick with a slate roof. It is in two storeys, the upper storey being rendered, and has a symmetrical three-bay front. There is a central doorway flanked by single-storey canted bay windows. In the upper floor are three casement windows.[7][11]	II
Stable block, Bunbury Locks 53°07′36″N 2°37′55″W / 53.12658°N 2.63202°W		Mid 19th century	The stables, later used as a boat building workshop, are in brick with a tiled roof. The building is in a single storey, and extends for 20 bays. There are seven doorways, each flanked by four-light windows. The building forms part of a scheduled monument.[7][9][12]	II
Alpraham Hall 53°08′18″N 2°36′56″W / 53.13825°N 2.61565°W	—	c. 1860	A farmhouse in brick with a tiled roof. It has an L-shaped plan, is in two storeys, and has a four-bay front. Each bay has a steep gable with painted timber framing and finials. In the third bay is a projecting gabled porch. The windows are casements with hexagonal lozenge glazing, those in the upper floor being in dormers.[7][13]	II
Farm buildings, Alpraham Hall 53°08′19″N 2°36′56″W / 53.13853°N 2.61548°W	—	c. 1860	The farm buildings are in brick with tiled roofs, and form an L-shaped plan. They are in two storeys, and each wing has a front of seven bays. Features include various entrances and windows, with circular pitch holes and dormers in the upper floor.[7][14]	II
Hill Farmhouse 53°08′40″N 2°37′17″W / 53.14441°N 2.62136°W	—	c. 1860	A brick farmhouse with a tiled roof, it is in two storeys with an attic, and has a three-bay front, the first bay projecting forward. All the bays have timber-framed gables of differing sizes. In the centre bay is a timber-framed porch. The windows are casements with hexagonal lozenge glazing.[15]	II

References

Citations

1. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 30 March 2015
2. Historic England, "Hilbre Lodge and the cottage adjoining (east), Alpraham (1138650)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
3. Historic England, "The Cottage and the cottage adjoining (east), Alpraham (1138649)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
4. Historic England, "Grove Cottage, Alpraham (1330075)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
5. Historic England, "Hillcrest, Alpraham (1330074)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
6. Historic England, "Clays Farm Bridge, Alpraham (1138652)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
7. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 96
8. Historic England, "Bunbury Bridge, Alpraham (1275369)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
9. Historic England, "Bunbury locks, bridge and stables, Alpraham (1006766)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
10. Historic England, "Bunbury Locks, Alpraham (1115812)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
11. Historic England, "Cottage at Bunbury Locks, Alpraham (1115813)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
12. Historic England, "Stable block at Bunbury Locks, Alpraham (1320252)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
13. Historic England, "Alpraham Hall (1138648)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
14. Historic England, "Farm buildings north of Alpraham Hall (1330073)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013
15. Historic England, "Hill Farmhouse, Alpraham (1138651)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2013

Sources

• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6