Ellesmere Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 75 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, eleven are at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is mainly to the south, the west, and the northwest of the town of Ellesmere. It contains a number of villages and smaller settlements, but is almost entirely rural.
Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, and many of these are timber framed, dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The Llangollen Canal runs through the parish, and many structures associated with this are listed, including bridges and a lock. To the southeast of the town of Ellesmere is the maintenance yard of the canal, which is "the best-preserved canal workshop site in Britain", and which contains four Grade II* listed buildings.[1][2][3][4] The other listed buildings include churches, one with a medieval cross in the churchyard, a country house and associated structures, a road bridge, a milestone, and a telephone kiosk.
The church was enlarged in 1819 with the addition of aisles, a chancel and a tower. The chancel was lengthened in 1877, and the church was restored in 1884–90. The church is in sandstone with a tiled roof, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, an octagonal top stage, a clock face, a mouldedcornice, an embattledparapet with crocketed corner pinnacles, and a pyramidal roof with a ball finial and a weathervane.[6][7]
The cross is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Dudleston. It is in sandstone, and consists of a weathered octagonal shaft on a square plinth with a base of two octagonal steps. The cross is also a Scheduled Monument.[8][9][10]
A barn, later used for other purposes, it is of cruck construction, and has been remodelled with the wall rebuilt in brick. It has a single storey, and contains two true cruck trusses.[11]
A farmhouse, basically timber framed, encased in roughcast brick with a slate roof. Originally a hall range with four or five bays, a cross-wing was added to the left in the 17th century, and later additions were a twin-gabled wing at the rear, and a gabled wing projecting to the right. There are two storeys, and the windows are a mix of sashes and casements, all with segmental heads.[8][12]
A cottage that was remodelled and extended in the 17th century, it is timber framed with cruck construction, encased in brick, the right gable end rendered, and with a slate roof. It has one storey and an attic, and two bays. The windows are casements, and there are two gabled eavesdormers.[13]
The farmhouse is timber framed with cruck construction, and has infill and rebuilding in red brick, and a slate roof. Originally a hall house, cross-wings were added in the 16th century. The hall range has one storey and an attic, and the cross-wings have two storeys. The gables and upper floors of the cross-wings are jettied with chamferedbressumers. The windows are casements, and in the hall range is a gabled eavesdormer. At the rear of the hall range is a full-length outshut, and to the right of the right cross-wing is a lean-to. Inside the house are two true cruck trusses.[8][14]
The farmhouse is basically timber framed with cruck construction, and has been encased and rebuilt in red brick with a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic, and three bays. The windows are casements and there are three gableddormers on the front. Inside are two true cruck trusses, and timber-framed cross-walls.[15]
The house was extended in 1594, in 1651, and in the 19th century. It is timber framed with rendered and brick infill and has slate roofs. There are two storeys and attics, and a basic L-shaped plan with a two-bay range, and a two-bay cross-wing. There is a two-storey porch with a jettied upper floor and attic with mouldedbressumers. Some windows are mullioned, some are mullioned and transomed, and others are casements.[16][17]
A timber framed cottage with cruck construction, infill and rebuilding in red brick, and with a corrugated iron roof over thatch. It has one storey and an attic, and two bays. The windows are casements, and there is a gabledeavesdormer. Inside are two true cruck trusses, and a partly infilled inglenook fireplace.[18]
The farmhouse was later extended and altered. It is timber framed with brick infill, partly rendered, on a sandstoneplinth and with a slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, and a T-shaped plan, consisting of a three-bay hall range and a two-bay cross-wing, and at the rear are two lean-tos. On the front is a two-storey porch. The upper floor and front gable of the cross-wing and porch are jettied with mouldedbressumers. The windows are casements, and inside the hall is an inglenook fireplace. Attached to the hall is a brick wall with moulded stone coping enclosing the garden.[19][20]
The farmhouse is timber framed with red brick infill, clad or rebuilt in brick at the front and gable ends, and with a slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads.[21]
A timber framed farmhouse with brick infill, largely encased and rebuilt in brick, and with slate roofs. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a hall range with a dentilledeavescornice, and a gabled cross-wing projecting to the right. There is a porch with doorway with an open pediment in the angle, and a doorway with a fanlight. The windows are a mix of casements and sashes. At the rear are 19th-century extensions.[22]
The building was later extended and altered. The original part is timber framed with a red brick infill on a plinth, the extensions are in red brick, and the roof is slated. The left gable end is slate-hung. There are two storeys and a cellar, four timber-framed bays on the right, an extension to the left in brick, and rear extensions. On the front is a gabled brick porch, and the windows are casements.[24]
The farmhouse was altered and extended in the 19th century. The earlier part is timber framed and roughcast, the later part is in red brick, and the roof is slated and has plain bargeboards. The house originally had an L-shaped plan, consisting of a hall and cross-wing, and the additions consisted of a narrower cross-wing and a gabled extension to the rear. In the hall range is one storey and an attic, and in the cross-wings are two storeys. On the cross-wings are cantedbay windows, the other windows are sashes, there is a porch in the angle, and a gabled eavesdormer.[25]
A farmhouse in red brick on a chamferedplinth with stone coping, with rusticatedquoins, a band, and a slate roof with coped verges and a ball finial. There are two storeys, an attic and a cellar, a symmetrical front of five bays, the middle bay recessed, and a single-storey extension to the right. The central doorway has a bracketed flat stone hood, and the windows are small-paned with keystones, some with sashes. In the gable ends are oeil-de-boeuf windows lighting the attic, and in the left gable end are mullioned windows lighting the cellar.[27][28]
The farmhouse is timber framed and has infill in brick, partly rendered, it was later encased or rebuilt in brick at the rear, and has slate roofs. The farmhouse consists of a hall range of three bays, and a two-bay cross-wing. There are two storeys, some windows are casements, some are fixed, and at the rear are horizontally-sliding sash windows. Projecting from the hall range is a two-storey brick range forming the cottage.[29]
The farmhouse was extended and altered in the 19th century. The original part is timber framed and roughcast, the later parts are in red brick, and the roofs are slated. There are two storeys and an attic, and a short central range, flanked by two gabled ranges, the left range projecting. The windows are casements, and to the right is a roughcast outbuilding with a pyramidal roof and a louvred lantern.[30]
A farmhouse that was later extended. It is in brick, partly rendered, with probably a timber framed core, on a sandstoneplinth, and with a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic, the original part has three bays, and there is a later gabled extension to the left. The windows are casements, and there are two gabled eavesdormers.[31]
The barn is timber framed with weatherboarding on a sandstoneplinth, the gable end facing the road is iron-clad, and it has a corrugated iron roof. The barn contains a central threshing entrance and an eaves hatch to the right.[33]
The barn is partly timber framed with weatherboarding, and partly in brick, and has a corrugated iron roof over thatch. There are seven bays, and it contains doorways and eaves hatches.[34]
The farmhouse was later extended. The original part is timber framed with brick infill, the extensions are in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and the roof is slated. There is one storey and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a gabled brick porch and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight, and the windows are casements.[36]
The farmhouse was later altered and extended. The original part is timber framed with infill and cladding in red brick, on a plinth, the left gable end is in red brick, and the roof is in slate. There is one storey and an attic, three bays, and two outshuts at the rear. The windows are casements, and there is one gabled eavesdormer.[37]
The barn is in red brick with a slate roof, and has two levels. In the ground floor are six openings, five of which have segmental heads. Above are two eaves hatches, and a wooden mullion window.[38]
A manor house, later a farmhouse, basically timber framed on a sandstoneplinth, later mainly encased in brick, and extended. It has a slate roof, and an H-shaped plan, consisting of a hall range with three bays, and gabled two-bay cross-wings. There are two storeys and attics, a central gabled porch, and segmental-headed cross-windows. Inside the hall are timber-framed cross-walls and an inglenook fireplace.[8][39]
The former farmhouse possibly incorporates earlier material, and it was later extended and altered. The main part is in red brick, the rear range is timber framed with red brick infill, and the roofs are slated. There are two storeys and an attic, an L-shaped plan, and to the left is a single-storey range. On the front is a gabled brick porch with barleysugarbalusters, coped verges, and a Tudor arched opening. The windows are casements, and in the roof is a gabled dormer with cusped bargeboards and a pointed finial.[42]
A cottage and former smithy in roughcast red brick, probably originally timber framed, with a slate roof. It has one storey and an attic, and two bays, the right bay projecting and gabled. The doorway has a gabled hood, and the windows are casements.[43]
A timber framed cottage with brick infill on a plinth, and with a slate roof. It has one storey and an attic, two bays, an early 19th-century single-storey timber-framed extension to the left, and a late 19th-century brick lean-to on the right. The windows are casements.[44]
The farmhouse was remodelled in the 18th century and later extended. It is in red brick with a roof partly tiled and partly slated. There are two storeys and an attic, a T-shaped plan with a front block of three bays and a rear wing. In the centre is a gabled timber porch, and the windows are sashes with segmental heads.[45]
The front of the outbuilding was partly rebuilt in the early 19th century. It is in red brick on a red sandstoneplinth, and has a slate roof. There are doorways and windows with segmental heads and a datestone. Inside are timber framed cross-walls and an inglenook fireplace.[46]
The barn is timber framed with red brick infill and some weatherboarding, and has a corrugated iron roof. There are two levels, and it has an L-shaped plan, with two ranges at right angles, each with brick lean-tos. Both ranges have stable doors and windows, and the longer range also has eaves hatches.[50]
The barn is timber framed with red brick infill and plinth, and it has a corrugated iron roof. There are two levels, five doors, and eaves hatches above.[51]
A farmhouse, later a private house, it is in red brick with a roughcast left gable end, a dentilledeavescornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys with an attic and cellar, three bays, and a single-storey extension to the left. On the front is an open gabled timber porch, most of the windows are sashes, there is a casement window in the extension, and in the roof are two hipped roofeavesdormers. Inside the house is an inglenook fireplace and timber framed walls.[52]
The farmhouse is partly in brick and partly timber framed with brick infill on a sandstoneplinth, and has slate roofs with coped verges. There is an L-shaped plan, the front brick range having two bays, the left gabled with two storeys, and the right bay with one storey and an attic. At the rear is a two-storey timber-framed wing. In the angle at the front is a lean-to porch, and the windows are casements.[53]
The barn is in red brick, and has a roof of slate at the front, and corrugated iron at the rear. It has two storeys and an attic, and consists of two ranges at right angles. Some windows are sashes, some are fixed, and some are casements with segmental heads. To the left is a red brick wall containing a recessed round-headed archway.[54]
A farmhouse that was extended in the early 19th century, it is in red brick with a dentilledeavescornice and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, a front of five bays, a full height rear range on the left, and a single-storey lean-to in the angle. One the front is an open gabled porch, the windows are sashes with segmental heads, and there are three hip-roofed eaves dormers. There is a tall window with a pointed head and Gothictracery on the right.[56]
The farmhouse is in red brick with a mouldedeavescornice, a slate roof, and three storeys. It has an L-shaped plan, consisting of a three-bay main range, and a later rear wing. The central doorway is round-headed with a wreathed and radiating fanlight, and the windows are sashes, those in the lower two floors with wedge lintels.[57]
The gazebo is in red brick, and has a pyramidal slate roof with a wooden finial. It has a polygonal plan, one storey, and a wide segmental-headed opening on the south.[58]
The house is in roughcast red brick, with rusticated stone quoins, bands, a mouldedparapet, and a double-span slate roof with stone coping. There are three storeys, three bays, and a two-storey flat-roofed extension to the right. In the centre is a flat-roofed porch with two arches, and the windows are sashes, with wedge lintels in the lower floors.[8][59]
At the entrance to the drive three ramped steps lead up to ornamental cast iron gates and railings with openwork centres. The gate piers are in sandstone with a square plan and moulded capping. The drive is flanked by ha-ha sandstone walls stretching for about 45 metres (148 ft) on each side.[60]
The grotto is a large structure in the grounds of the hall, and is in sandstone and quartzite. There are entrances on the east and the north, the latter having a pointed arch. Inside is a barrel vaulted room.[61][62]
The wall enclosing the kitchen garden is in red brick with sandstonecoping and some slate. There are two sections, to the west is a roughly rectangular area, and to the east is a smaller triangular area. The eastern wall of the triangular area has a plinth and buttresses.[63]
The bridge carries Ellesmere Road over the Llangollen Canal. It is in red brick and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has a string course, a stone-copedparapet, projecting keybricks, and square corner piers.[66]
A canal worker's cottage, it is in red brick, and has a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, a square plan, a lean-to at the rear, a segmental-headed casement window on each side, and a gabled timber porch.[70]
The farmhouse was extended in the late 19th century. It is in red brick with a mouldedeavescornice on the front, dentilled eaves cornices on the sides, and a hippedslate roof. The original part has three storeys and three bays, with the later wing recessed on the right, and with two storeys and two bays. The central doorway in the main range has an open pediment, and the windows are sashes, those in the lower floors with wedge lintels.[71]
The bridge carries a road over the Llangollen Canal. It is in red brick and consists of a single elliptical arch. The bridge has a string course, and a stone-copedparapet ramped down at the ends.[72]
A cottage in the maintenance yard of the Llangollen Canal, it is in brick with a pyramidal slate roof. There are two storeys, a square plan, three bays, and a single-storey lean-to on the left. The central porch has a hipped roof, some windows are casements, others are horizontally-sliding sashes, and all have segmental heads.[78]
Originally offices for the Llangollen Canal in Italianate style, later converted into flats, the building is in red brick with a dentilledeavescornice, and hippedslate roofs. There are two storeys, a main block with sides of three and two bays, a semicircular projection at the northwest corner, and service wings and outbuildings recessed on the left. In the centre is a doorway with a wreathed and radiating fanlight and a pediment, and the windows are sashes.[1][79]
The blacksmith's and joiner's shop in the maintenance yard of the Llangollen Canal are in sandstone with brick dressings, a dentilledeavescornice, they are partly timber framed with weatherboarding, and have a roof partly of slate and partly of corrugated iron. The building contains doorways, windows of various types, external steps, and a walkway on the canal side. Most of the workshop fittings have been retained.[2][79]
The former stables and stores, with a dry dock at the southwest end, are in the maintenance yard of the Llangollen Canal. It consists of a long building in sandstone with a hippedslate roof and two storeys. The building contains doorways with segmental heads, and horizontally-sliding sash windows. At the southwest end is a round-headed arch giving access to the dry dock, and on the canal side is a lean-to on wooden posts. On the roof is a louvre with a weathervane in the shape of a narrow boat.[3][79]
The timber store in the maintenance yard of the Llangollen Canal is in sandstone with a wooden dentilledeavescornice, the front is partly timber framed with weatherboarding and partly in brick, and it has a hipped asbestos sheet roof. There are two levels, four bays at the front are open, and it contains casement windows. To the right is a single-storey sawshop range, and to the left is a lean-to. The building formerly housed a steam engine.[4][79]
The bridge carries the B5069 Road over the Shell Brook, on the border between England and Wales. It is in sandstone, and consists of one tall round-headed arch with high abutments. The bridge has rusticatedvoussoirs, a flat string course, a copedparapet, and rectangular corner piers at the ends.[80]
A small country house in brick with a sill band, a hippedslate roof, and two storeys. The front has three wide bays, the central bay projecting forward, on the sides are four bays, and a trellised iron verandah extends the full length of the three fronts. There is a central doorway with a rectangular fanlight, and the windows are sashes. At the rear are lower service ranges around a square courtyard.[16][81]
The milestone is on the north side of the B5068 road. It is in limestone and has a rectangular section and a rounded top. The milestone carries a cast iron plate inscribed with the distance in miles to Ellesmere.[82]
A house in purple brick on a stone plinth with a band, four pilasters on the front, and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, the house has sides of three bays, and a service wing of four bays to the right. The entrance is round-headed with a recessed doorway and a semicircular fanlight. The windows are sashes, and on the left side and rear is an ornamental glass-canopiedcast ironverandah.[83]
The church, designed by Edward Haycock junior in Decorated style, is in sandstone with tile roofs. It consists of a nave, a chancel, a northeast organ chamber and vestry, and a southwest tower. The tower contains a porch, it has three stages, gabled angle buttresses, a southwest stair turret, and a broach spire with lucarnes and a cross finial.[84][85]
A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[86]
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