Listed Buildings
| Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halton Castle | A !I | 1070 and later | Halton |
Built after the Norman Conquest, the castle became the seat of the Barons of Halton. It was besieged twice during the Civil War and subsequently fell into ruin. In about 1800, additional walls were built on its east side to improve its appearance from Norton Priory. It is a scheduled ancient monument, owned by the Duchy of Lancaster and managed by the Norton Priory Museum Trust. | |
| Norton Priory | A !I | 1115 and later | Norton Priory | This former Augustinian Priory, later an abbey, was reduced to a ruin following the dissolution of the monasteries. A Tudor mansion house was built on the site by Richard Brooke; this was replaced by a Georgian house in 1730. The latter house was demolished in 1928. The site is now a museum which consists of the remains of the priory, including a Norman undercroft with a doorway of 1180 and a Victorian copy, and two blind Norman arcades. It is a scheduled ancient monument and is managed by the Norton Priory Museum Trust. | |
| Seneschal's House | B !II* | 1598 | Halton |
This is the oldest standing building in Runcorn. It was formerly a farmhouse and there is no evidence that it was ever occupied by a seneschal. The house is E-shaped and its gables have corbels, moulded copings and sandstone ridges. | |
| Halton Old Hall | B !II* | 1693 | Halton |
This is a house which was rebuilt after having been damaged in the civil war. A two-storey wing was later added to the north. The house has mullion windows and a studded door. | |
| Tricorn Public House, formerly Hallwood | B !II* | c. 1710 | Palacefields |
Now a public house, this was formerly a wing of a mansion house called Hallwood, the birthplace and home of Sir John Chesshyre. It is in brown brick and stone with a slate roof. | |
| Chesshyre Library | B !II* | 1730 | Halton |
The library was built for the incumbent of St Mary's Church by Sir John Chesshyre. Its doorcase is surrounded by Ionic columns with a triangular pediment. The roof has a cornice, a solid parapet, stone gables, and a chimney. Since 1975, it has been linked to the church hall and used as a meeting room. | |
| Castle Hotel | B !II* | 1737 | Halton |
This building was originally integrated into the walls of the castle and used as a court house. The court room was on the first floor and prisoners were housed in the cellars. The entrance to the court room is approached by an external stone staircase, and its doorcase is surmounted by the Royal Arms. It is now a public house. | |
| Halton Vicarage | B !II* | 1739 | Halton |
The vicarage was paid for by Sir John Chesshyre. On its front are pilasters and a Doric porch. The windows are sash windows. The eaves consist of a cornice with a solid parapet, which is pedimented over the centre bay. It is still in use as a vicarage. | |
| All Saints Church | B !II* | 1849 | Runcorn Town Centre |
Built on the site of an earlier medieval church, the parish church of Runcorn was designed in Early English style by Anthony Salvin. It consists of a five-bay nave with aisles, a chancel which is reduced in both width and height, and a tower with a spire at the southwest corner of the nave. | |
| Runcorn Railway Bridge | B !II* | 1868 | Runcorn Town Centre | Spanning the River Mersey to provide a more direct rail connection between London and Liverpool, the bridge is constructed of iron girders on sandstone piers. It is approached on each side by arched viaducts. At both ends of the bridge are square towers with crenellations and machicolations. The structure was designed by William Baker and now carries the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line. | |
| St John's Church | B !II* | 1897 | Weston |
St John's Church has a short broach spire, a nave, and a chancel at a higher level, with the vestry below. It was designed by John Douglas. Some of the money for its construction was raised by the choirboys, who wrote appeal letters; it is therefore sometimes known as "the choirboys' church". St John's became a separate parish in 1931. | |
| Weston Cross | C !II | Medieval | Weston |
This contains the former steps to a market cross. It consists of a square base, two steps high, to which a third modern step was added when the present Celtic-style cross was erected in 1960. | |
| Weston Old Hall and barn | C !II | 1607 | Weston |
This former farmhouse and the barn sited behind it are listed separately as Grade II. The house has four bays; the outer bays project forwards and the third bay contains the porch. The windows have mullions. The roof of the barn has gable copings and a blue-tile ridge. | |
| Cavendish Farm House | C !II | c. 1622 | Weston |
This former farmhouse is built on an L-plan. The wing has a ten-light double chamfered mullion window on both storeys. The windows elsewhere are mostly of three lights. | |
| Brookfield Farm, 2 Weston Road | C !II | 1691 | Higher Runcorn |
This farmhouse is in stone with a brick gable and has a machine-tile roof. An original stone mullion window is still present on the ground floor on the west front. The original entrance has been filled in and a new entrance built. | |
| 125 and 127 Main Street | C !II | Early 17th century | Halton |
This was a pair of two-storey cottages that has been combined into one house. Its lower storey is in sandstone, while the upper storey is timber-framed with rendered infill. | |
| Manor Farm House | C !II | Early 17th century | Weston |
This former farmhouse has a single stone-mullioned window in the attic. | |
| Village Farm House, 45 Main Street | C !II | Early 17th century | Halton |
This was formerly a farmhouse. It has mullion windows that contain leaded lights. At the first-floor level and above the first-floor window are string courses. A later section to the north is in random rubble. | |
| Rock Farm House | C !II | 17th century | Halton |
This former farmhouse has mullion windows. A newer addition to its east is in brick on old sandstone foundations. | |
| Former stables of Hallwood | C !II | c. 1710 | Palacefields |
This building was formerly the stables of Hallwood. Its façade includes five giant Doric pilasters and two pedimented doorways. On the lower floor are five sash windows, and on the upper floor the windows are round. It is now used as a function room for the adjacent public house. | |
| Gates of Chesshyre Library | C !II | c. 1730 | Halton |
The gate piers in the wall fronting the entrance to the Chesshyre Library consist of squared sandstone blocks with ball finials. The piers are set in an ashlar wall. | |
| Norton Arms Public House | C !II | 1758 | Halton |
This is a public house built in roughcast brickwork on a stone moulded plinth with rusticated quoins and a slate roof. The stone doorcase has plain pilasters, moulded caps, and an archivolt with a keystone. | |
| Weston Grange | C !II | 1766 | Weston |
This house is in roughcast brick with a slate roof on a stone plinth, and it has rusticated quoins. The stone pedimented doorcase has a pulvinated frieze and a decorative inscribed tympanum. There are stone copings to the roof gables. | |
| Bridgewater House | C !II | 1760s | Runcorn Dock |
This was originally a mansion house built to provide accommodation for the Duke of Bridgewater when he was supervising the construction and administration of the Bridgewater Canal. It is in brown brick with a slate roof and has a stone Doric doorcase. It is now used for offices. | |
| Tide dock and lock | C !II | c. 1772 | Runcorn Dock |
This structure consists of a tide dock together with the retaining walls of a lock. The opening was originally into the River Mersey but following the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal it now opens into the canal. It is in sandstone blocks and there have since been some repairs in brick and concrete. | |
| 53 Holloway | C !II | 1779 | Higher Runcorn |
This brown-brick house has a slate roof, a stone plinth and quoins. The pedimented stone doorcase has an architrave and a frieze. Its entrance door is studded. | |
| Halton House, 33 Main Street | C !II | 1779 | Halton |
This house is in brown brick with a sandstone slate roof. The walls have rusticated stone quoins. The doorcase is in stone with eared architraves, a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment with an inscribed tympanum. | |
| 6, 8 and 10 Castle Road | C !II | Early 18th century | Halton |
This row of three cottages has sash windows. One chimney stack is in stone. | |
| 53 and 55 High Street | C !II | Early 18th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
This is a town house in Georgian style. It is in red brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof. In the 19th century, it was the home of Thomas Hazlehurst, a soap and alkali maker, and is now used by the adjoining bank and as a solicitors' office. | |
| Hollybank House, 51 Main Street | C !II | Early 18th century | Halton |
This house is in rendered brick with a slate roof. It has a moulded stone plinth and rusticated quoins. The stone doorcase has Ionic pilasters, a pulvinated frieze, and a swan-neck pediment with a cartouche in the tympanum. | |
| Norton Lodge | C !II | Early 18th century | Norton |
This house is in brown brick on a stone plinth. It has a timber doorcase with a rectangular fanlight, a pulvinated frieze and a pediment. | |
| Ivy House | C !II | Mid 18th century | Astmoor |
This house is in brown brick and has rusticated quoins, sash windows with stone sills and heads with keystones. It was damaged by fire and only a shell remains. It is planned to demolish it during 2009. It received a new roof during 2011, and then during January and February 2012 it was demolished; only brick and rubble is left. | |
| The Elms, 4 Weston Road | C !II | Mid 18th century | Higher Runcorn |
This town house in red brick with a slate roof is in the Georgian style. It has a moulded plinth and rusticated quoins. The segmental pedimented Doric doorcase has fluted pilasters and triglyphs. | |
| The Nook, 5 Weston Road | C !II | Mid 18th century | Higher Runcorn |
This house is constructed in roughcast stone and brickwork, under a slate roof with a sandstone ridge. The stone doorcase has a moulded architrave and a stone arch with a keystone. | |
| 31 Main Street | C !II | Late 18th century | Halton |
This building was formerly the stables to Halton House. Its ground floor has three Gothic windows with rendered surrounds, stone sills, and cast iron lattice casement windows. At the first-floor level there is a square pitch hole. The roof was raised in the 1960s and the building is now used as a dwelling. | |
| 58 High Street | C !II | Late 18th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
This was originally a cottage built in brown brick with a slate roof. The doorcase has stone Tuscan columns and an open pediment. The building is now used as a shop. | |
| 71 High Street | C !II | Late 18th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
This town house is in red brick and has a slate roof. It stands on a stone plinth and has a stone Tuscan doorcase with an open pediment and a patterned arched fanlight above. It is now a solicitors' office. | |
| Garden Loggia, Norton Priory | C !II | Late 18th century | Norton Priory |
This loggia is in yellow sandstone, with some brickwork, in the former garden of Norton Priory house. It has two Doric columns and antae at the front of the side walls. | |
| Rockfield, 7 Weston Road | C !II | Late 18th century | Higher Runcorn |
This house is constructed in rendered brickwork with a slate roof. The stone Doric doorcase has an open pediment and a radial bar fanlight. | |
| Royal Hotel | C !II | Late 18th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
This hotel at the east end of High Street was formerly known as the White Hart, and was a meeting place for members of local government before a town hall was built. It is in brown brick and has a slate roof. | |
| Ice House, Norton Priory | C !II | 18th century | Norton Priory |
This ice house stands adjacent to the walled garden of Norton Priory. It is in brick under an earth mound. It is beehive-shaped and is approached along a short tunnel, which leads into a circular domed chamber. | |
| 88, 90, 92 and 94 Main Street | C !II | 1827 | Halton |
This row of four cottages is in red brick on a sandstone plinth and has a slate roof. | |
| Waterloo Bridge | C !II | 1828 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This road bridge over the Bridgewater Canal has three arches. A sidewalk and a parapet were added in 1886. The bridge is constructed in red sandstone with a cast iron balustraded parapet. | |
| Old Police Station | C !II | 1831 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This was Runcorn's first town hall. It later became a police station, with cells in the basement, and a magistrates' court. The façade is of red sandstone and the rest of the building is in brick with a slate roof. Its entrance is flanked by Ionic pilasters carrying a frieze and a pediment. It is now used as offices. | |
| Hearse House | C !II | c. 1833 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This building stands in the grounds of the parish church and was used to house hearses. It is now an electrical substation. | |
| Holy Trinity Church | C !II | 1838 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This church was built in 1838 and the chancel was added in 1857. It consists of a five-bay nave with a narrower chancel and has a tower at the west end. | |
| Christ Church and railings, Weston Point |
C !II | 1841 | Weston Point |
A church, now redundant, that was built by the Trustees of the Weaver Navigation for its employees. It is designed in Early English style and has a broach spire. The railings surrounding the church are included in the listing. The architect was Edmund Sharpe. The church is now situated in the Port of Runcorn and is inaccessible to the public. | |
| St Mary's Church | C !II | 1851 | Halton |
St Mary's Church was built to replace an ancient chapel. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and stands in a prominent position on Halton Hill near the castle. The church has a four-bay nave with aisles, and its chancel is at a lower level. There is an octagonal bell turret above the junction of the nave and chancel. St Mary's became a separate parish in 1860. | |
| Town Hall, formerly Halton Grange | C !II | 1856 | Runcorn Heath Road |
This was built as a mansion house, Halton Grange, for Thomas Johnson, a local soap and alkali manufacturer, in the style of an Italianate villa with a belvedere tower. Its exterior is rendered and it has a slate roof. At its entrance is a Tuscan portico with an open balustrade above. It now forms part of Runcorn Town Hall. | |
| Norton Water Tower | C !II | 1892 | Norton |
This is a cylindrical balancing reservoir on the water pipeline from Lake Vyrnwy to Liverpool. Ten pilasters on its outer surface rise to a frieze which carries a Latin inscription. The tower is surmounted by a decorated iron tank. | |
| Old Quay Bridge | C !II | c. 1894 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This swing bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal links Runcorn with Wigg Island. It is operated from the south bank of the canal by means of a hydraulic system. This is operated from machinery in a group of three slate-roofed red-brick buildings, an engine house, an accumulator tower and the control building. | |
| 12, 14 and 16 Castle Road | C !II | Early 19th century | Halton |
This row of three cottages is in brown brick with slate roofs. The cottages are on a stone plinth; they have quoins, and horizontal-sliding sash windows. | |
| 59, 61 and 63 Main Street | C !II | Early 19th century | Halton |
This row of three houses is in red brick with a slate roof on a stone plinth. The doorcases have Tuscan columns with elliptical fanlights and rubbed arches. | |
| Norton Priory Lodge, 120 Main Street | C !II | Early–mid 19th century | Halton |
Originally a lodge to Norton Priory, this is now a private dwelling. It has two-light mullion windows flanking a built-up door opening. The eaves cornice rests on large stone brackets and the roof is hipped. | |
| NatWest Bank, High Street |
C !II | Late 19th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
The bank is in red brick with polished granite columns flanking the entrance. It has a parapeted roof. | |
| Walls, piers and railings, St Paul's Health Centre, High Street |
C !II | Late 19th century | Runcorn Town Centre |
These stone and cast iron structures originally formed the entrance to a Methodist chapel, now replaced by a health centre. | |
| Carnegie Library | C !II | 1906 | Runcorn Town Centre |
This purpose-built library in Egerton Street was constructed with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. It includes Mackintosh-style stained glass windows. Inside is an ornate cast iron spiral staircase. It was listed in 2007. | |
| Silver Jubilee Bridge | C !II | 1961 | Runcorn Town Centre | This road bridge crosses the River Mersey and links Runcorn with Widnes, replacing the Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge. It is a through arch bridge which carries a four-lane carriageway and a cantilevered footway to the east. Its span is 1,082 feet (330 m) and its total length is 1,628 feet (496 m). |
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