List of Norman architecture in Cheshire

The county of Cheshire contains some Norman architecture, as Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard state, this is not much in comparison with other counties.^[1] What there is includes the following:

Structures

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Barthomley	St Bertoline's Church	Blocked doorway	[2][3][4]
Bruera	St Mary's Church	Chancel arch, south doorway	[5][6]
Chester	Cathedral	North transept, northwest tower, north wall of nave	[7][8]
Chester	Former monastic buildings	Undercroft, abbot's passage, chapel of St Anselm	[9][10]
Chester	Chester Castle	Items in the chapel of St Mary, Castro	[11]
Chester	St John the Baptist's Church	Much of the interior, ruins to the east	[12][13][14]
Church Lawton	All Saints Church	Doorway	[15][16][17]
Frodsham	St Laurence's Church	Arcade (part) and clerestory; carved masonry inside the tower	[18][19][20]
Grappenhall	St Wilfrid's Church	Corbel table incorporated into the wall of the south aisle	[21][22][23]
Middlewich	St Michael and All Angels Church	Fabric in the aisle arcades	[24]
Neston	St Mary's and St Helen's Church	Masonry re-used in lower two storeys of the tower	[25][26]
Prestbury	St Peter's Church	Free-standing chapel in the churchyard	[27][28][29]
Runcorn	Norton Priory	Doorway, undercroft	[30][31][32]
Shocklach	St Edith's Church	Small church	[33][34]
Shotwick	St Michael's Church	Doorway	[33][35][36]

Furnishings

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Acton	St Mary's Church	Font	[37][38][39]
Grappenhall	St Wilfrid's Church	Font	[21][22][23]

Other

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Acton	St Mary's Church	Free-standing carved stones	[37][38][39]
Bunbury	St Boniface's Church	Free-standing carved stones	[40][41][42]
Burton	St Nicholas' Church	Big, round scalloped capitals	[43][44]

References

Citations

1. Pevsner & Hubbard 2003, p. 13.
2. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 71.
3. Historic England, "Church of St Bertoline, Barthomley (1330063)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
4. St Bertoline, Barthomley, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
5. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 118.
6. Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Saighton (1136639)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
7. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 136–141.
8. Historic England, "Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1376398)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
9. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 145–147.
10. Historic England, "Former Monastic Buildings to Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1376397)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
11. St Mary de Castro, Chester, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
12. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 148–149.
13. Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Chester (1375977)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
14. St John the Baptist, Chester, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
15. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 178.
16. Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Church Lawton (1161743)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
17. All Saints, Church Lawton, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
18. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 220–221.
19. Historic England, "Church of St Lawrence, Frodsham (1253193)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
20. St Lawrence, Frodsham, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, retrieved 13 June 2010
21. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 225.
22. Historic England, "Church of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall (1139320)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
23. St Wilfrid, Grappenhall, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
24. St. Michael and All Angels, Middlewich, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
25. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 290.
26. Historic England, "Church of St Mary and St Helen, Neston (1387671)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
27. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 316.
28. Historic England, "Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard, Prestbury (1221896)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
29. Prestbury, Norman Chapel, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
30. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 296–297.
31. Historic England, "Remains of Norton Priory (1130433)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
32. Norton Priory, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 14 March 2010
33. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 334.
34. Historic England, "Church of St Edith, Church Shocklach (1228322)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
35. Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Shotwick (1145903)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
36. St Michael, Shotwick, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
37. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 53.
38. Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Acton (1330112)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
39. St Mary, Acton, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, retrieved 13 June 2010
40. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 120.
41. Historic England, "Church of St Boniface, Bunbury (1138626)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
42. St Boniface, Bunbury, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, retrieved 13 June 2010
43. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 121–122.
44. Historic England, "Church of St Nicholas, Neston (1387811)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971]. The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09588-0.