Listed buildings in Poole, Cheshire

Poole 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 grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish is rural, and the listed buildings consist of a country house with an associated barn, farmhouses and farm buildings, a cottage, a bridge, a pinfold, and a chapel.

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
Cottage, Poole Nurseries 53°05′51″N 2°32′36″W / 53.09746°N 2.54345°W	—	Mid 17th century	A timber-framed cottage on a stone plinth with rendered brick nogging and a thatched roof. It is in two storeys with an attic, and has a two-bay front. The windows are casements, those in the upper floor being in a gable, and in gabled dormer.[2]	II
Poole Bank Farmhouse 53°05′40″N 2°32′19″W / 53.09439°N 2.53849°W	—	Mid 17th century	The farmhouse has been extended. The original part is timber-framed with brick nogging and a tiled roof. It is in two storeys and an attic, and has a three-bay front. A later brick wing at the rear gives the building a T-shaped plan. The windows are a mix of sashes and casements.[3]	II
Poole Farmhouse 53°05′53″N 2°32′20″W / 53.09805°N 2.53895°W	—	Mid 17th century	Most of the farmhouse dates from the early 19th century, with the addition of a rear wing in the 20th century. It is built in brick with tiled roofs. The farmhouse has a T-shaped plan, it is in two storeys, and has a front of three bays. The windows are 20th-century casements.[4]	II
Barn, Poole Hall 53°05′34″N 2°31′50″W / 53.09265°N 2.53060°W	—	Late 17th century	A timber-framed barn on a sandstone plinth with a slate roof. It contains heck doors, a loft door, and a casement window.[5]	II
Poole Hall 53°05′32″N 2°31′51″W / 53.09226°N 2.53074°W	—	1812–17	A country house built in brick on a sandstone plinth with a hipped slate roof. It is in two storeys, and has an entrance front of three bays, a south front of six bays, and a service wing at the north of five bays. At the entrance is a porch with four unfluted ionic columns. The doorway has pilasters, a fluted frieze, an archivolt, and a fanlight. The windows are sashes, and at the top of the house is a cornice and a parapet with pineapple finials at the corners. On the south side is a large canted bay window. The interior is "exceptionally fine".[6][7][8]	II*
Bridge 53°05′29″N 2°32′22″W / 53.09145°N 2.53932°W		Early 19th century	The bridge carries Wettenhall Road over a stream. It is built in sandstone and consists of a single segmental arch with inner and end piers.[9]	II
Pinfold 53°05′43″N 2°32′24″W / 53.09520°N 2.54007°W		Early 19th century	The pinfold is constructed in sandstone and contains vertical jambs with hooks for a gate that is no longer present. It is about 1 metre (3.3 ft) high and 3 metres (9.8 ft) square.[10]	II
Poole Methodist Chapel 53°05′55″N 2°32′40″W / 53.09855°N 2.54432°W		1834	Built as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, it is in brick with a hipped slate roof. The chapel has a square plan, it is in a single storey, and has a three-bay front. Above the central doorway is a semicircular fanlight, and over this is an inscribed tablet. Flanking it are Gothic-style windows containing Y-tracery.[11][12]	II

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Historic England (1138546)
3. Historic England (1330144)
4. Historic England (1330143)
5. Historic England (1138547)
6. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 529–530
7. de Figueiredo & Treuherz (1988), pp. 263–264
8. Historic England (1136492)
9. Historic England (1136480)
10. Historic England (1136498)
11. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 529
12. Historic England (1312761)

Sources

• de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Phillimore, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
• Historic England, "Timber framed cottage by Poole Nurseries, Poole (1138546)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Poole Bank Farm House, Poole (1330144)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Poole Farm House, Poole (1330143)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Timber framed barn north of Poole Hall (1138547)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Poole Hall (1136492)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Bridge 350 yards south of Poole Bank, Poole (1136480)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Pinfold 150 yards north-west of Poole Bank, Poole (1136498)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, "Poole Methodist Chapel (1312761)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 June 2014
• Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 April 2015
• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6