Rainow
Rainow is a village and Civil parish, civil parish in Cheshire, England, in the valley of the River Dean and next to the B roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, B5470 road between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme. It straddles the e ...
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 69 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, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Rainow, the parish is now rural, although in the past there has been industry in the form of small mills. One of the listed buildings is a former water mill, but most are
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 and associated structures, smaller houses and cottages, and farmhouses with farm buildings. Otherwise the listed buildings are milestones, mile posts, boundary stones,
weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...
s, a bridge, a
folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings.
Eighteenth-cent ...
,
stocks
Stocks are feet and hand restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. The law de ...
, and two churches.
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See also
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Listed buildings in Bollington
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Listed buildings in Higher Hurdsfield
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Listed buildings in Kettleshulme
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Listed buildings in Lyme Handley
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Listed buildings in Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a town in Cheshire East, England. It was originally a market town, and was granted a charter in 1261. The England in the Middle Ages, medieval town surrounded a hilltop that contained the St Michael's Church, Macclesfield, Chur ...
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Listed buildings in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 28 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two ...
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Listed buildings in Pott Shrigley
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Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire