Alton is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Alton and Bradley in the Moors and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings. The River Churnet runs through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with it are a weir and two bridges. The other listed buildings include churches and items in and around the churchyards, the ruins of a castle, public houses, a village lock-up, two mileplates, a well, a school, and a village pump.
The church was later altered and extended, it was almost completely rebuilt in 1830, and the chancel and south vestry were added in 1884–85. It is built in stone, and has roofs of tile and slate. The church consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a chancel, a south vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a west door with a pointed head, clock faces, gargoyles, and an embattledparapet. The north arcade is Norman.[2][3]
The castle was extended in the 13th century, and is now in ruins. The remains include part of the curtain wall, a wall tower, a gatehouse, and an oval bailey. The eastern wall tower is square and has an open back, and all that remains of the 13th-century D-shaped western wall tower are the foundations. The gatehouse has two D-shaped towers rising to a height of about 10 feet (3.0 m), and below the gatehouse is a round-arched sally port. The remains are also a scheduled monument.[4][5][6]
A stone house that has a tile roof with coped verges, two storeys and a basement, and three bays. The windows are casements, there is a basement door, and a flight of stone steps leads up to the ground floor door.[7]
The building originated as a schoolmaster's house, and it was remodelled and extended in a similar style by A. W. N. Pugin in about 1843. The house is in stone with a tile roof that has crested ridge tiles and coping. Both parts have two storeys, and each has a central gabled porch with a stone slate roof. The earlier part on the left has two bays, and chamferedmullioned windows, those in the ground floor with a continuous hood mould. The doorway in the later part has a four-centred arched head with panelled spandrels, and most of the windows have square heads and lights with four-centred arched heads. The gardens at the front and the rear are enclosed by coped walls, and in the southeast angle is a pair of gate piers.[8]
A house, later divided into two, it is in stone with a chamferedeaves band, and a tile roof with coped verges on shaped kneelers. There is one storey and an attic, and three bays. In the ground floor are two bowed casement windows and a chamfered mullioned window to the right with a hood mould, and in the attic is a gableddormer. The original doorway has a massive lintel, and to the left is an inserted doorway with a hood mould. Inside, there is a timber framed partition wall.[9]
The cowhouse, which was later extended, is in stone with a tile roof. It has a single storey and five bays, with a single-bay extension to the west. The building has buttresses between the bays, and contains doors, windows, loft doors, a cart entrance, and pigeon holes.[10]
A house, later altered and divided into two, it is in stone with a roughcast front, and has a tile roof with coped verges. There are three storeys and three bays. The centre bay projects as a two-storey canted porch, with bow windows on the sides. The windows are mullioned, in the ground floor they are plate glasssashes, the middle floor contains casements, and in the top floor the lights are fixed. There is a door in the porch, another to the left, both with plain surrounds.[11]
The house was later remodelled and extended. It is in stone, the front has been partly rebuilt in brick and painted, it has a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a gabled porch with a reset datestone, the windows are casements, there is a fire window, and a gable over the left bay. In the right gable end are windows with chamferedmullions.[12]
A pair of cottages that were later extended. They are in stone with a tile roof, and have two storeys and an attic, two bays, and an extension to the northwest. The ground floor windows are mullioned with a common hood mould, and between them is a quatrefoil. To the left is a fire window, and the upper floor windows are casements.[13]
A house with a granary, and an underground maltkiln and cellars, in red brick with stone dressings, and roofs of tile and slate. The house has a floor band, dentilledeaves, and copedgables. There are two storeys, a basement and attics, and a front of three bays. In the centre is a Tuscanportico, and the windows on the front are sashes with wedge lintels. Across the front of the house is a terrace containing three segmental-arched cellar openings. To the right and at an angle is the attached granary, with quoins, two storeys and a cellar and two bays. At the rear is an external flight of steps, and the rear yard is enclosed by a stone wall containing three square piers with pyramidal caps.[14]
The house, and former stable to the right, are in sandstone with tile roofs. The house has two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The windows in the ground floor are casements, and in the upper floor they have chamferedmullions. The former stable has two storeys and three bays, casement windows, and garage doors. Inside the house is an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer. The cottage stands on a sandstone outcrop, incorporated into which are three carved heads that are probably medieval.[15]
The farmhouse is in stone, and has a tile roof with coped verges on shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, with a front range of three bays, and a rear wing. The central doorway has a dated lintel, the windows are casements, in the upper floor is a central oval window, the windows in the gable ends have hood moulds, and in the east gable is a lozenge-shaped panel.[16]
A stone house with mouldedeaves, and a tile roof with a coped verge. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway is to the left, and the windows are casements.[18]
The house, which was remodelled in the 19th century, is in stone, it has a chamferedeaves band, and a tile roof with a coped verge. There are two storeys and two bays. The windows have chamfered mullions, and contain casements, and the entrance is in the left gable end.[19]
This consists of a house with two attached cottages, the cottages added later in the 18th century. They are in stone and have tile roofs with coped verges. The house has three storeys, a mouldedeaves band, and one bay. The doorway has a raised surround, and the windows are casements with chamferedmullions. The cottages have two storeys and three bays, and contain casement windows.[20]
The farmhouse was later extended, and the cottage was added in the later 18th century. They are in stone with tile roofs. The house has a roof with coped verges, a chamferedeaves course, three storeys, a front range with two bays, and a rear wing, and the windows are mullioned. The former worker's cottage to the east has two storeys, one bay, and a two-storey cross window.[21]
The house, which was remodelled in the 19th century, is in stone, it has a chamferedeaves band, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway to the right has a massive lintel, and the windows have chamfered mullions, and contain casements.[22]
A private house, later a public house, it is in red brick on a stone plinth, with quoins, a storey band, coved eaves, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The doorway has a bracketed segmental-arched hood, the windows are casements, those in the lower floors with segmental heads, and there are four small attic windows.[23]
A roughcast house with a fretted eaves fringe, a tile roof, two storeys, and three bays. The doorway has a latticed porch, and the windows are casements with segmental heads.[24]
The house, which was later extended, is in red brick with stone quoins and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, three bays, and a single-bay extension to the left with a coped verge. The central doorway has a segmental head, and the windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads.[25]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is a chest tomb in stone, and has a rectangular plan, a chamfered base, panelled sides, panelled corner pilasters, and a flutedfrieze. There is a pediment on both sides flanked by acroteria.[26]
The church is built in stone and has a tile roof. It consists of a nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a west window, a sundial on the south face, a bracketed eavescornice, and a plain parapet with corner pinnacles. The windows and other openings have semicircular heads and keystones.[27][28]
A row of three painted cottages, mainly in brick and with one bay in stone, they have a chamferedeaves band, and a tile roof. There are two storeys, and five bays, and the windows are casements, some with segmental heads.[29]
The farmhouse, which is a remodelling of a 17th-century house, is in stone with a red brick front, a dentilledeaves band, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and an attic and four bays, and the windows are horizontal sashes. The garden is enclosed by a brick wall with stone coping, and a stone mounting block is attached to the southwest.[30]
A pair of houses, later combined into one, it is in stone with a tile roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, and three bays. Steps lead up to a doorway on the left, and the windows are casements, some with chamferedmullions.[31]
The farmhouse, which was extended later, is in red brick on a stone plinth. with stone dressings, quoins, and a tile roof with coped verges on shaped kneelers. The extension is in stone. The house has two storeys and an attic, a storey band, a T-shaped plan, two parallel ranges, and a front of two bays, and the stable is attached to the right. The central doorway has a raised surround and a raised keystone, the windows are casements with chamferedmullions, and the stable has double doors.[32]
The sundial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is in gritstone, and consists of a cylindrical shaft with a moulded head on which is a copper dial and gnomon.[33]
The house is in stone with a tile roof, two storeys, and four bays. On the front is a gabled porch, and most of the windows are casements, those in the ground floor with chamfered surrounds.[34]
The stable is in stone, and has a tile roof with coped veges on kneelers. There is one storey and a loft, and two bays. In the right gable end are external steps leading to a loft door, and the left gable end contains a square pitching hole.[35]
A house, later a public house, it is in painted stone on a plinth, and has a tile roof with a coped verge to the right. There are two storeys and three bays, the right bay taller. The windows are casements.[37]
The house, which was extended later, is in stone with a coved eaves band, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and six bays, the original three bays to the right. The windows are casements, and the doorway and the window above have chamfered surrounds and four-centred arched heads.[38]
A house that was extended to the left with the addition of a shop in the 19th century, it is in painted brick on a stone plinth, and has a mouldedeaves band and a tile roof. There are three storeys, an attic and a cellar, and three bays. Steps with a wrought ironbalustrade lead up to the central doorway that has a bracketed pediment. Above the doorway is a round-headed window with a bracketed sill, pilasteredjambs, and a raised keystone, and over it is a blind keyed oval oculus with a moulded surround. The other windows have lintels grooved as voussoirs and triple keystones; some are sashes and some are casements. To the left, the shop is lower, and has three storeys and one bay. In the ground floor is a shop window and a doorway, and above are sash windows.[2][39]
The house, which was altered later, is in red brick on a stone plinth, with quoins, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a dated and inscribed lintel, the windows are casements with wedge lintels, and the window to the left of the door has a cornice hood.[40]
The public house is in stone with floor bands, an eaves band, and a tile roof. There are three storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of three bays, and a rear wing. In the centre is a gabled porch, this is flanked by bay windows, and in the upper floors are casement windows.[41]
A remodelling of a 17th-century house, the farmhouse is in stone with coved eaves, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are three storeys, a front of three bays, and two rear wings with an outshut between. A semicircular step leads up to the central doorway, that has reeded pilasters, a fanlight, and an open pediment. The windows are casements, some with mullions, and on the first floor at the front is a circular sundial dated 1787.[42]
The weir was built to allow the Uttoxeter Canal to cross the River Churnet without an aqueduct. It is in stone and has rectangular abutments with moulded tops at the ends. The weir is about 30 metres (98 ft) long, and has a drop of about 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).[43]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is a chest tomb in stone, and has a rectangular plan, panelled sides, and an oversailing cap with a moulded edge.[44]
The village lock-up is in stone and has a circular plan and one storey. There is a door to the north, and on the top is a hemispherical dome and a cupola with a ball finial. The lock-up is also a scheduled monument.[2][45][46]
The pair of houses in painted brick on a stone plinth, with dentilledeaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements with pointed heads and Gothic glazing bars.[47]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is a chest tomb in stone, with a square plan, panelled sides, and caps with moulded edges.[49]
A stone house with coved eaves, and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and two bays. In the centre is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements.[51]
The bridge carries a footpath over the River Churnet. It is in stone and consists of a segmental arch flanked by small semicircular arches. The arches have channeled voussoirs, hood moulds, parapet bands, and panelled and coped parapets ending in square piers.[52]
The mileplate is attached to a wall at the side of a drive. It is in cast iron and consists of a rectangular plate with a triangular head, inscribed "TO ALTON ABBEY 2½ MILES".[53]
The mileplate is attached to a wall at the side of a drive. It is in cast iron and consists of a rectangular plate with a triangular head, inscribed "TO ALTON ABBEY 2 MILES".[54]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is a chest tomb in stone, and has a rectangular plan, panelled sides, and an oversailing cap with a moulded edge.[57]
A pair of stone houses in Gothic style, with projecting eavescornices, and slate roofs with coped verges. Each house has two storeys and two bays, a central doorway with a four-centred arched head, and chamferedmullioned windows with hood moulds. Rock House is to the left, Rose Cottage is recessed to the right, and is lower and narrower.[58]
Originally a lodge to Alton Towers, it is in orange brick on a stone plinth, and has overhanging eaves, and a hippedslate roof. There is one storey and a central semi-octagonal projection flanked by doorways with four-centred arched heads. The windows have pointed heads and contain Gothic glazing bars.[59]
The churchyard wall and the gate piers are in stone, and the gates are in cast iron. The wall encloses parts of the churchyard, it has shaped coping, and there are gate piers at the south and west angles. At the south angle there are three gate piers in Gothic style, two with embattled tops, and between them are gates. At the west angle are two piers with a square section, they have moulded caps, and also flank gates.[60]
A Roman Catholic church designed by A. W. N. Pugin in Perpendicular style, it is in stone with tile roofs and crested ridge tiles. The church consists of a nave, a chancel, an oratory, and a southeast chapel.[61]
The cross in the churchyard is in stone, and has a square base. On it are three steps, a pedestal with quatrefoil panels containing the symbols of the Four Evangelists, a shaft with chamfered corners and a shield on each face, and an elaborate head with canopied panels and a foliated cross.[62]
The wall encloses the north and west sides of the churchyard. It is in coped stone and about 150 yards (140 m) long. Attached to the wall to the north of the chancel of the church is a small gabled outbuilding approached by a flight of steps. At the east end of the wall is a rectangular-shaped pier.[63]
The stables and wall are to the south and east of the house. The stable is in stone with a slate roof and has two bays. It contains pitching holes and a door, and there is a lean-to with garage doors. The wall encloses the rear yard and front garden of the house and it contains a gateway.[64]
The building, which was designed by A. W. N. Pugin, is in stone with tile roofs and crested ridge tiles, and it forms three ranges around a courtyard. The eastern range contains a central two-storey gabled porch with diagonal buttresses. To the right the range has two storeys and attics, and seven bays, and to the left it has one storey and an attic and three bays. The north range has one storey and three bays, and ends in the three-storey tower of the warden's house. The south range has two storeys and attic and six bays, a lower two-storey bay, and a two-storey gabled tower that has a bellcote with a pyramidal roof. The windows are mullioned, and in the attics are hip roofeddormers.[65][66]
A house in red brick with stone dressings, and a tile roof with coped verges. There is one storey and an attic, an L-shaped plan, and a front of three bays, the right bay projecting and gabled. In the angle is a single-storey lean-to. The doorway has a chamfered surround and a cambered head, the windows are casements with chamfered surrounds, and there is a gabled dormer with two lights and a mullion.[67]
A school, later a private house, it is in red brick with stone dressings, a floor band and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting as a gabled two-storey porch with a datestone. The doorway has a Tudor arched head, and the small paned windows have chamferedmullions.[68]
A house designed by A. W. N. Pugin, it was later used as a school. It is in stone with embattledparapets, and has tile roofs with crested ridge tiles. The building consists of a house with an L-shaped plan, and a chapel at the east end, making a T-shaped plan. The main range of the house has three storeys and five bays, with a three-bay wing to the left, and at the corners are four-storey towers, one with a pyramidal roof. Most of the windows are mullioned. The chapel has a semi-octagonal east end.[4][69]
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