Alvanley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains the village of Alvanley, but is otherwise rural. Included in the parish are 24 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Most of these are houses or farm buildings; the others consist of a church plus two tombs in the churchyard, a school, a guidepost, and a structure that is either a wayside or a plague cross.
This is constructed in brick, sandstone, and timber framing with close studding, and has tiled roofs. It consists of a hall and a cross wing. It originally stood in the village of Austerson, Cheshire; it was taken down and re-assembled here in the early 1980s.[5][6]
The cottage was altered and extended in 1693. It has a T-shaped plan, is constructed in sandstone, now painted, and has a slate roof. The cottage is in 1+1⁄2 storeys, and contains mullioned windows.[7]
An L-shaped sandstone farmhouse in two storeys plus attics with slate roofs. The windows are mullioned. In the cellar are two large medieval circular piers on polygonal bases.[8][9]
A T-shaped farmhouse in partly pebbledashedsandstone, with a brick extension and slate roofs. It is in two and 2+1⁄2 storeys. One of its windows has five lights and is mullioned; the other windows are casements. There is some internal timber framing[10]
This a timber-framed building with crucks, encased in brick, with a sandstone wall on the north side. The roof is thatched. The farmhouse is in 1+1⁄2 storeys, with a 20th-century extension to the rear. The windows are casements, and dormers.[11]
Basically a timber-framed cottage, this has been encased in brick, which is now painted. The roof is thatched. The cottage is in 1+1⁄2 storeys, and has a single-storey brick extension on the left.[13]
This was encased in brick, probably in the 19th century. It stands on a sandstoneplinth, and has a thatched roof. The college is in one storey with attics, and has a brick rear extension.[14]
Now a cottage, this originated as a farmhouse and shippon. It is rendered with a thatched roof, and has a single storey plus attic. The windows are casements, other than a single dormer. It contains an internal timber-framed wall.[5][16]
A table tomb in St John's churchyard. It is in red sandstone, the table being supported on three cross-slabs. The panels contain inscriptions relating to members of the Griffith family.[20]
A table tomb in St John's churchyard. It is in red sandstone with panels on each side, carved with festoons, urns and inscriptions relating to members of the Noden family.[21]
Constructed in brick with slate roofs, the features incorporate doors, including a divided stable door, arched openings, windows, and pitching holes.[22]
A two-storey brick house with slate roofs. The door has a simple pediment. Other than one fixed 16-pane window, the other windows are horizontally sliding sashes.[23]
A brick house on a sandstoneplinth in late Georgian style. It consists of a main three-baygabled block with two storeys and an attic, and a two-storey wing to the right. The windows in the main block are sashes, and those in the wing are casements. The sandstone garden wall is included in the listing.[8][24]
A shippon in late Georgian style. It is constructed brick on a sandstoneplinth with one wing in sandstone, and has a slated roof. The features include doorways, archways, a casement window, and diamond-shaped vents.[8][25]
A L-shaped school building with attached schoolmaster's house in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. The school has a bellcote with a spirelet, a clock, and a 17th-century bell which was moved from the old church when it was rebuilt. The school includes two triple lancet windows, and the house has a mullioned and transomed window and a dormer. The building was possibly designed by J. S. Crowther.[8][27]
This is in cast iron standing about 2 metres (7 ft) high. The post is octagonal with a plinth, a cap, and a ball finial. The plates indicate distances to nearby locations in sans-serif capitals.[28]
