Listed buildings in Rostherne

Rostherne is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the settlement of Rostherne, the parish is rural. The listed buildings consist of houses and cottages, a lodge, and a church with a tomb and sundial in the churchyard.

Key

Grade	Criteria[1]
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Mary's Church 53°20′58″N 2°23′17″W / 53.34949°N 2.38801°W		14th century	The steeple fell in 1741 damaging the body of the church. In 1742–44 the body of the church was rebuilt together with the present tower. The chancel and the north vestry date from 1888 and were designed by Arthur Blomfield. The church is constructed in sandstone with roof of slate and lead. It consists of a nave with aisles, a chancel with chapels, a vestry, and a west tower, and is in a mixture of Gothic and Neoclassical styles. In the roof of the nave are dormers.[2][3][4]	I
Cecily Mill 53°20′39″N 2°23′34″W / 53.34423°N 2.39288°W	—	1650	A timber-framed house on a brick plinth with brick infill and a stone-slate roof. It is in two storeys with casement windows, one in a dormer. To the right is a later wing with a mullioned window in the ground floor. Inside the house is an inglenook and a wall with wattle and daub infill.[5]	II
Mere Covert Cottage 53°21′28″N 2°22′57″W / 53.35771°N 2.38243°W	—	Late 17th century	A timber-framed cottage with brick infill and a slate roof. There is some brickwork at the rear. The cottage is in two storeys, and has casement windows.[6]	II
Hill Farmhouse 53°20′56″N 2°23′20″W / 53.34884°N 2.38894°W	—	Late 17th to early 18th century	A brick farmhouse with a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a three-bay front. There are brick bands between the storeys and above the upper windows. The windows are casements.[7]	II
Sundial 53°20′58″N 2°23′18″W / 53.34934°N 2.38822°W	—	c. 1730	The sundial is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is a circular stone structure about 4 feet (1.2 m) high, and consists of a baluster column on a base. On it is an inscribed plate. The gnomon is broken.[8]	II
Ivy Cottages 53°20′50″N 2°23′11″W / 53.34715°N 2.38642°W	—	Late 18th century	A terrace of three brick cottages with slate roofs. They are in two storeys, and have a front facing the street of eight bays.[9]	II
Rostherne Lodge 53°20′27″N 2°22′45″W / 53.34082°N 2.37930°W		1834	The lodge was designed by James Hakewell, and is at the entrance to Tatton Park. It is built in stone with a lead roof, and is in one storey with a basement. At the front is a Greek Doric portico with six columns carrying an entablature containing triglyphs, guttae, metopes and a plain pediment. The windows are sash windows. At the rear is another open portico, this one having two columns and no entablature.[10][11]	II
Simpson tomb 53°20′56″N 2°23′17″W / 53.34896°N 2.38813°W	—	c. 1861	The tomb is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is in sandstone, and consists of a casket standing on a plinth. On the casket are four columns with foliated capitals that carry four gables surmounted by a small spire. On the sides of the casket are panels, one of which is inscribed, and around the tomb are ornamental railings.[12]	II
Lady Mary's Square 53°20′47″N 2°23′08″W / 53.34626°N 2.38545°W		1909	A group of 13 terraced houses and a laundry building forming three sides of a rectangle. They are built in rendered brick with slate roofs. The building in the extreme right is the laundry building; this and the house on the extreme left have three bays while all the other houses are in two bays. All the buildings are in two storeys, apart from the central two houses, which have three. The houses have gabled porches, and the windows are casements.[13][14]	II

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 558
3. Richards (1947), pp. 286–288
4. Historic England (1230301)
5. Historic England (1139529)
6. Historic England (1329668)
7. Historic England (1139530)
8. Historic England (1329669)
9. Historic England (1139528)
10. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 630
11. Historic England (1230274)
12. Historic England (1376508)
13. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 558–559
14. Historic England (1230279)

Sources

• Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Rostherne (1230301)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2014
• Historic England, "Cicely Mill, Rostherne (1139529)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2014
• Historic England, "Mere Covert Cottage, Rostherne (1329668)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2014
• Historic England, "Hill Farmhouse, Rostherne (1139530)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2014
• Historic England, "Sundial in St Mary's Churchyard, Rostherne (1329669)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2014
• Historic England, "Nos. 1,2 & 3, Ivy Cottages, Rostherne (1139528)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2014
• Historic England, "Rostherne Lodge (1230274)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 June 2014
• Historic England, "Simpson Tomb St Mary's Church, Rostherne (1376508)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 June 2014
• Historic England, "1-13 Lady Mary's Square and Laundry Building, Rostherne (1230279)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 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
• Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, OCLC 719918