Goostrey
Goostrey is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is in open countryside, north-east of Crewe and west of Macclesfield. The parish contains the Lovell Radio Tel ...
is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilms ...
, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, ...
as designated
listed building
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, Hi ...
s. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Goostrey, the parish is mainly rural. It contains the
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory ( ) in Cheshire, England hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Bernard Lovell, a radio as ...
, with its Grade I listed
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope ( ) is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. When construction was finished in 1957, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world a ...
and its control building. In the village, the listed buildings include the church and associated structures, the former schoolmaster's house, and a row of cottages. Outside the village they include
country house
image:Blenheim - Blenheim Palace - 20210417125239.jpg, 300px, Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhou ...
s, farmhouses, and farm buildings, some of which date back to the 16th century and are
timber-framed
Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy Beam (structure), timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and Woodworking joints, joined timbers with joints secure ...
.
Key
Buildings
See also
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Listed buildings in Allostock
Allostock is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains twelve buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Gr ...
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Listed buildings in Cranage
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Listed buildings in Lower Withington
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Listed buildings in Peover Superior
Peover Superior is a former Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contained 29 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grad ...
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Listed buildings in Twemlow
Twemlow 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 II*, the middle of the three grade ...
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Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire