Listed buildings in Beeston, Cheshire

Beeston is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The major building in the parish is Beeston Castle, the rest of the parish being rural. The listed buildings consist of the castle and its associated structures, farms and farm buildings, houses and associated structures, and a hotel.

Key

Grade	Criteria[1]
Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Inner bailey, Beeston Castle 53°07′43″N 2°41′37″W / 53.12854°N 2.69349°W		c. 1220	Built for Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the sandstone castle was damaged in the Civil War. Remaining are the gatehouse with its D-shaped towers, and parts of the curtain walls and its incorporated D-shaped towers. The structure is under the care of English Heritage, and the whole site is a scheduled monument.[2][3][4]	I
Outer bailey, Beeston Castle 53°07′40″N 2°41′25″W / 53.12768°N 2.69015°W		c. 1220	Built for Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the sandstone castle was damaged in the Civil War. Remaining are the lower courses of the outer bailey. These include the remains of the towers and walls, with a gap at the site of the former gatehouse. The structure is under the care of English Heritage, and the whole site is a scheduled monument.[2][4][5]	I
Brook Farm Cottage 53°07′22″N 2°41′04″W / 53.1229°N 2.6845°W	—	Late 16th to early 17th century	This is a timber-framed house with whitewashed brick infill and a tiled roof. It is in two storeys, the upper floor being gabled and jettied. The windows consist of casements, mullioned and transomed windows, and dormers.[6]	II*
Smithy Cottage 53°07′24″N 2°41′11″W / 53.1234°N 2.6864°W	—	Early to mid 17th century	This is a timber-framed cottage with rendered brick infill and a tiled roof, standing on a stone plinth. It is in two storeys. The windows in the lower storey are casements, and those in the upper storey are gabled dormers.[7]	II
Barn, Brook Farm 53°07′21″N 2°41′03″W / 53.1226°N 2.6841°W	—	17th century	The barn is timber-framed with rendered brick infill and has a tiled roof. It stands on a stone and brick plinth. It contains stable doors, a gabled loft door, and casement windows.[8]	II
Birch Tree Cottage 53°07′30″N 2°41′18″W / 53.1249°N 2.6882°W	—	17th century	The cottage was extended in the 19th century. The original portion is timber-framed with brick infill and a tiled roof, standing on a stone plinth. The 19th-century wing has a stone lower storey and a timber-framed upper storey. In the entrance front of the original portion is a canted oriel window with a canted hipped roof. Elsewhere are casement windows and dormers.[9]	II
Brook Cottage 53°07′22″N 2°41′04″W / 53.1229°N 2.6845°W	—	17th century	A timber-framed cottage with brick infill and a tiled roof, standing on a stone plinth. It is in two storeys, and has a T-shaped plan. To the right of the main wing is another, gabled, wing. The windows are casements and dormers.[10]	II
Cottage near Gamekeeper's Cottage 53°07′09″N 2°42′12″W / 53.1191°N 2.7032°W	—	17th century	The cottage is timber-framed with whitewashed brick infill and a slate roof. It is in two storeys. The entrance front contains a doorway, three casement windows on the ground floor and two dormers on the upper floor. At the rear are two doorways, two casements in the lower floor, and another casement and a dormer in the upper floor.[11]	II
Gamekeeper's Cottage 53°07′10″N 2°42′11″W / 53.1195°N 2.7030°W	—	17th century	A timber-framed house with whitewashed brick infill and a tiled roof, standing on a stone plinth. The left gable end is in brick. The entrance front contains a door to the right of centre, a casement window on each side of it and two gabled dormers above.[12]	II
Moathouse 53°07′14″N 2°41′48″W / 53.1206°N 2.6967°W	—	17th century	This is a two-storey timber-framed farmhouse with whitewashed brick infill and a tiled roof. A left wing was added in the 19th century; the lower storey is in stone, and the upper storey is partly timber framed, and partly painted to resemble timber-framing. The windows in the lower storey are casements, and those in the upper storey are gabled dormers.[13]	II
Horsley Lane Farmhouse 53°07′11″N 2°42′06″W / 53.1198°N 2.7018°W	—	1664	The farmhouse is timber-framed with whitewashed brick infill and a slate roof. It is in two storeys with casement windows on the lower floor, and gabled dormers above. To the left is a 20th-century brick extension painted to resemble timber framing, and to the right is a 19th-century timber-framed lean-to.[14]	II
Yew Tree Farmhouse 53°07′09″N 2°40′18″W / 53.1191°N 2.6718°W	—	Late 17th century	The farmhouse is timber-framed with whitewashed and rendered brick infill. It has a corrugated iron roof, and is in two storeys. In the entrance front is a doorway and a gabled dormer. The other windows are casements.[15]	II
Bathing pool and well, Bath Garden Cottage 53°07′14″N 2°41′54″W / 53.12057°N 2.69833°W	—	1684	The bathing pool is square, constructed in red ashlar sandstone, and surrounded by sandstone paving. At one corner are stone steps, and diagonally opposite is a water spout. To the side of the pool is a rectangular well, also with steps leading down into it. In an adjacent rockery is a rectangular datestone.[16]	II
Bath Garden Cottage 53°07′15″N 2°41′54″W / 53.1207°N 2.6983°W	—	Early 18th century	The cottage was extended in the middle of the 19th century. It is timber-framed with brick infill and has a slate roof. The cottage is in two storeys, with a symmetrical two-bay entrance front. The windows are casements and gabled semi-dormers.[17]	II
Castleside Cottage 53°07′31″N 2°41′19″W / 53.1252°N 2.6885°W	—	18th century	The cottage is constructed in whitewashed stone rubble with a tiled roof. It is in a single storey with an attic, and has a symmetrical entrance front in three bays. There is a central door, flanked by casement windows.[18]	II
Lodge, Beeston Castle 53°07′36″N 2°41′20″W / 53.12677°N 2.68881°W		1846	This was built for the Peckforton estate, and consists of a two-storey sandstone gateway. In the centre is a pointed arch, which is flanked by two circular towers on each side in bartizan style.[19]	II
Castleside Farmhouse 53°07′34″N 2°41′39″W / 53.1260°N 2.6941°W	—	c. 1860	The farmhouse is in brick with a tile roof. It has two storeys with timber-framed gables. The entrance front is in three bays. To the left of centre is a timber-framed gabled porch. The windows are casements.[20]	II
Bathing house 53°07′14″N 2°41′53″W / 53.12047°N 2.69806°W	—	Late 19th century	The bathing house is constructed in stone, brick and timber framing, and has two storeys. To the left of this is a timber-framed hut, also in two storeys, with a ground floor loggia containing a pumping house.[21]	II
Wild Boar Inn 53°07′39″N 2°39′43″W / 53.1276°N 2.6620°W		c. 1895	This originated as a country house named Beeston Towers, which was timber-framed with jettying. Repeated additions and alterations were made during the 20th century in rendered brick. The building was used at one time as a school, and later converted into a public house, restaurant and hotel. It is a complex building, with features including much decorative timber-work, a tower, a lantern, and an octagonal belvedere. Some windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, and others are oriel windows.[22][23][24]	II

References

Citations

1. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 30 March 2015
2. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 127–128
3. Historic England, "Walls, towers and gatehouse of the Inner Bailey at Beeston Castle (1330329)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
4. Historic England, "Beeston Castle; medieval enclosure castle and site of late prehistoric hillfort (1007900)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
5. Historic England, "Walls of the Outer Bailey at Beeston Castle (1130513)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
6. Historic England, "Brook Farm Cottage, Beeston (1130508)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
7. Historic England, "Smithy Cottage, Beeston (1310673)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
8. Historic England, "Barn at Brook Farm, Beeston (1130507)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
9. Historic England, "Birch Tree Cottage, Beeston (1130510)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
10. Historic England, "Brook Cottage, Beeston (1130509)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
11. Historic England, "Cottage c. 15 yards south-west of Gamekeeper's Cottage, Beeston (1130515)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
12. Historic England, "Gamekeeper's Cottage, Beeston (1365637)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
13. Historic England, "Moathouse, Beeston (1130514)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
14. Historic England, "Horsley Lane Farmhouse, Beeston (1330330)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
15. Historic England, "Yew Tree Farmhouse, Beeston (1130506)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
16. Historic England, "Bathing pool and well in the garden of Bath Garden Cottage, Beeston (1160189)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
17. Historic England, "Bath Garden Cottage, Beeston (1365632)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
18. Historic England, "Castleside Cottage, Beeston (1130511)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
19. Historic England, "The Lodge at Beeston castle (1130512)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
20. Historic England, "Castleside Farmhouse, Beeston (1160206)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
21. Historic England, "Bathing house, Beeston (1330331)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 March 2013
22. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 128–129
23. Historic England, "Wild Boar Inn, Beeston (1130516)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 March 2013
24. History, Wild Boar Hotel, retrieved 25 March 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