Listed buildings in Burwardsley

Burwardsley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains five 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".^[1] The parish is entirely rural, its listed buildings consisting of a church, a public house, a farmhouse, a farm building, and a cottage.

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Pheasant Inn 53°06′15″N 2°42′49″W / 53.1042°N 2.7135°W		Late 16th century	Originating as a farmhouse, it has later been used as a public house. It was extended in the 18th century, and additions were made in the 20th century. The building is basically timber-framed with brick nogging on a stone plinth. Additions have been in stone and in brick. It is in two storeys, and has a five-bay front.[2][3]
Lowerhill Farmhouse 53°06′04″N 2°44′00″W / 53.1010°N 2.7333°W		Late 16th to early 17th century	The building originated as a farmhouse and a shippon, and was later converted into a house. It is partly timber-framed on a stone plinth, and partly sandstone. It has an L-shaped plan, and is in 1 ^1⁄2 storeys, with a six-bay front. The windows are casements in the lower storey, and gabled half-dormers above.[4]
St John's Church 53°06′13″N 2°43′30″W / 53.1035°N 2.7251°W		17th century	The church was restored in 1795. In 1871 John Douglas carried out a further restoration during which he added a bell turret at the west end and, in about 1878, he added the chancel. The church is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a chancel with a side chapel, and a south porch.[5][6]
Farm building, Grig Hill Farm 53°05′45″N 2°42′42″W / 53.0958°N 2.7117°W	—	Late 17th century	This originated as a cottage and barn, and was later used as a farm building. It is constructed partly in sandstone, and partly in timber framing. The thatched roof is covered in corrugated iron. The building has an L-shaped plan, and is in one and two storeys.[7]
Cherry Cottage 53°06′09″N 2°43′34″W / 53.1026°N 2.7262°W	—	Late 18th century	This consists of a cottage with a shippon added in the early 19th century. It is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. The building is in one range, with 1 ^1⁄2 storeys, and a four-bay front. In the ground floor are casement windows, with gabled half-dormers above. The bay at the right end is the shippon. This contains a split door, with a square pitch hole above it.[8]

References

Citations

1. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 30 March 2015
2. Historic England, "The Pheasant Inn, Burwardsley (1229915)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 April 2013
3. Welcome, Pheasant Inn, Burwardsley, retrieved 8 April 2013
4. Historic England, "Lowerhill Farmhouse, Burwardsley (1230131)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 April 2013
5. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 198
6. Historic England, "Church of St John, Burwardsley (1278838)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 April 2013
7. Historic England, "Attached farm building to Grig Hill Farmhouse, Burwardsley (1229914)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 April 2013
8. Historic England, "Cherry Cottage, Burwardsley (1278748)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 April 2013

Sources

• Hartwell, Claire; 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