High Offley is a civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It contains twelve 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 villages of High Offley and Woodseaves, and the surrounding countryside. The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the parish, and a high proportion of the listed buildings are associated with it, namely, bridges, mileposts, and an aqueduct. The other listed buildings include a church, two houses, the surviving portico of another house, a former toll house, and a milepost on a road.
The church was altered and extended in the following centuries, and was restored in the 19th century. It is built in freestone and sandstone, and has tile roofs. The church consists of a nave, a south aisle, a southwest porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a round-headed west window, clock faces on the north and south sides, and an embattledparapet with pinnacles.[2][3]
The portico is the only surviving part of a moated 16th-century house. It consists of two pairs of flutedIonic columns carrying an entablature with a round-headed arch containing armorial shields. There is an internal round-headed arch with an ornament.[4][5]
The house is built in brick with a slate roof, and is in late Georgian style. There are three storeys and three bays. On the front is a porch with Doric pillars, and the windows are modern casements.[7]
The former toll house is in renderedsandstone with tile roof. It has an octagonal plan, and two storeys. Three faces each contain a window with a pointed arch, there is a doorway on the east side, and at the west is a later extension in brick.[8]
The milepost is at the junction of B5405 and the A519 roads. It is in cast iron, inscribed "Parish of High Offley" and indicates the distances from Stafford, Newport and London.[15]
