Caverswall is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 19 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, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Caverswall and the surrounding area. In the parish is Caverswall Castle, a country house on the site of an earlier castle; this is listed together with associated structures. St Peter's Church, dating from the 12th century, is listed, together with items in the churchyard. The other listed buildings consist of houses and farmhouses, another church, a former public house, and a milepost.
Much of the superstructure of the castle, later a country house, dates from about 1615, and it was altered and extended in about 1890. It is built in sandstone and has embattledparapets. The castle forms a roughly oblong enclosure, with four polygonal angle turrets. The front has three storeys and cellars on a plinth, three bays, and a single storey porch flanked by bay windows. The other windows are mullioned and transomed. There is a square stair tower, and the gatehouse and angle towers have tile roofs and balustraded parapets. The bridge has two round arches and a balustrade.[2][4]
The house, which has been altered, has a T-shaped plan, consisting of cross-wing in stone, and a range in painted brick, and the roofs are tiled. The cross-wing is gabled and has two storeys, an attic and a cellar, a string course, and a roof with verge parapets, copings, and corbelled kneelers. The range has two storeys; in both parts there are casement windows, those in the ground floor of the range with segmental heads.[5]
A house, later a public house and subsequently used for other purposes, it is in painted rendered brick, and has a tile roof with coped verge parapets. There are two storeys, three bays, and a rear wing. The central doorway has a pediment, and the windows are casements with segmental heads.[6]
The farmhouse is in painted brick with dentilledeaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a Tuscan doorcase with a pediment, and the windows are casements with segmental heads.[7]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, and is to the memory of Mary Wood. It is a chest tomb in stone, and has inscribed sides, inset pilasters at the angles with moulded bands, and a top slab with a moulded edge.[9]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, and is to the memory of Elizabeth Wilshaw. It is a pedestal tomb in stone on a plinth, and has a shield-shaped surround, a moulded surbase, and an urn finial. The tomb is enclosed by cast iron railings.[12]
The farmhouse is in red brick with a tile roof. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, and a front of three bays. In the centre is a Tuscan doorcase, the doorway has a fanlight with diagonal glazing bars, and the windows are sashes with painted wedge lintels.[15]
A Roman Catholic church designed by Gilbert Blount, it is in stone with a tile roof. The church consists of a nave, a south porch. and a lower chancel. At the west end is a window with a pointed head, above which is a niche with a statue, and on the gable end is a bellcote. The windows in the nave are lancets.[2][16]
The balustrade is on a plinth, and runs along the front of the castle. In the centre is a flight of six steps, and these are flanked by four bays of fretted strapwork, containing rusticatedpiers with ball finials.[19]
The sundial is in the grounds of the house. It is in red sandstone, about 1,200 millimetres (47 in) high, and in the form of a baluster with a banded capital. The top and dial have been replaced.[20]
