Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town, civil parish, and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population in 2021 was 9,300. It is south of Liverpool and southwest of Man ...
is a civil parish in
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to l ...
, England. It contains 63 buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
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as designated
listed building
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s. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, another one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish consists of the
market town
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of Frodsham and surrounding countryside. The
River Weaver
The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
and the Weaver Navigation run through the northern part of the parish, and there are two associated listed structures. The
Warrington
Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...
to
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
railway line runs in a north–south direction through the parish.
Frodsham railway station
Frodsham railway station serves the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The station is managed by Transport for Wales Rail, Transport for Wales. It was opened along with the line in 1850 and the station building is recorded in the National Her ...
, and the Frodsham viaduct crossing the Weaver, are listed. The oldest listed building, and the only one at Grade I is
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, which contains some
Norman
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features. The Grade II* building is the former vicarage, which was extended in the 19th century by
John Douglas. Most of the other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, shops, and cottages, some of which date back to the 16th and 17th centuries and are
timber-framed
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. The other listed structure include farmhouses, farm buildings, public houses, hotels, boundary stones, tidestones, a
sundial
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, memorials, and telephone kiosks. The newest listed building is a former anti-aircraft operations room that was built in about 1951.
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Buildings
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Listed buildings in Alvanley
Alvanley is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains the village of Alvanley, but is otherwise rural. Included in the parish are 24 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage L ...
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Listed buildings in Aston-by-Sutton
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Listed buildings in Helsby
Helsby is a village and a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. The A56 road passes through it in a north–south direction. To the east is the former Helsby hill fort and to the west are the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Me ...
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Listed buildings in Kingsley
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Listed buildings in Manley
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Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area)
Runcorn is an industrial town in Borough of Halton, Halton, Cheshire, England, on the south bank of the River Mersey where it narrows at River Mersey#Runcorn Gap, Runcorn Gap. In the town are the 61 buildings that are recorded in the Nation ...
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Listed buildings in Sutton
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Listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire
Listed buildings
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...