Hooton is a village in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Near to the village is the former RAF Hooton Park, and six of the listed buildings are part of this. The other listed buildings are houses, two churches, a war memorial, and the entrance lodge to a former country house.
A pair of lodges with walls and gates at the entrance to Hooton Hall (now demolished), almost certainly designed by Samuel Wyatt. The stone lodges are mirror-images, with a single storey and containing one room. Each has a lead-covered dome, and above the windows and blank recesses are ornamental panels. Between the lodges are curving Ionic screen walls. The gates are in wrought iron.[2][3]
A pair of houses in brick with slate roofs. There are two storeys, a double depth plan, and a front of two bays. No. 1 has a rear outshut, and No. 2 has a wing. On the front there are two Gothic-style windows in each floor, with cast ironcasements containing interlacetracery.[4]
A pair of houses in brick with slate roofs. There are two storeys, a double depth plan, a front of two bays, and rear outshuts. On the front there are two Gothic-style windows in each floor, with cast ironcasements containing interlacetracery.[5]
The hangar was built for the Royal Flying Corps. It is in red brick with a bitumen-felted roof. The hangar is in a single storey and has a twin range of 16 bays, with workshops at the side. Inside, the bays are divided by a wooden-latticed Belfast trusses, and there is a central arcade of twin brick piers with segmental arches.[2][9]
The hangar was built for the Royal Flying Corps. It is in red brick with a bitumen-felted roof. The hangar is in a single storey and has a twin range of 16 bays, with workshops at the side. Inside, the bays are divided by a wooden-latticed Belfast trusses, and there is a central arcade of twin brick piers with segmental arches.[2][10]
The hangar was built for the Royal Flying Corps. It is in red brick with a bitumen-felted roof. The hangar is in a single storey and has a twin range of 16 bays, with workshops at the side. Inside, the bays are divided by a wooden-latticed Belfast trusses, and there is a central arcade of twin brick piers with segmental arches. In 2011 the roof collapsed and was lost due to the weight of snow on it.[2][11][12]
A workshop built for the Royal Flying Corps, it is in rendered brick with a corrugated iron roof. The workshop has a rectangular plan and an aisle at the south end, and contains steel windows and timber doors. On the ridge are ventilators and glazing, and inside are Belfast trusses.[2][13]
A workshop built for the Royal Flying Corps, it is in rendered brick with a resin and fibre-glass coated timber plank roof. The workshop has a rectangular plan and five bays divided by brick piers. Inside are wooden-latticed Belfast trusses.[2][14]
A pair of sheds built for the Royal Flying Corps in rendered brick with metal sheet roofs. Each has a rectangular plan with 13 bays, and with workshops in an outshut. The bays are divided by brick piers.[2][15]
The war memorial is in Portland stone, its design based on the Cross of Sacrifice by Reginald Blomfield. It consists of a Latin cross with an octagonal shaft on an octagonal plinth with a base of two octagonal steps. A reversed sword is carved in relief on the front of the cross. The plinth has a carved inscription and the names of those lost in both World Wars and later conflicts.[16]
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