Mavesyn Ridware is a civil parish in the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It contains 24 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Hill Ridware and Mavesyn Ridware and smaller settlements, and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, the earlier of which are timber framed, some with cruck construction. The other listed buildings include a church and a memorial in the churchyard, larger houses with associated structures, including a gatehouse, and a bridge.
The oldest part of the church is the north aisle, the tower dates from the 15th century, and most of the church was built in 1782. The older parts are built in sandstone, the 18th-century part is in red brick, and the roof is slated. The church consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south aisle with a chapel at the east end, an apsidalchancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a mouldedparapetstring course, gargoyles, and an embattled parapet.[2][3]
The gatehouse. which was altered in the 18th century, has a timber framed core, and has been largely refaced and replaced in brick and stone, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and a single-bay annex at each end, one with a projecting stair wing. The gateway has a segmental arch with a hood mould, and in the upper floor are mullioned windows. At the rear is exposed timber framing.[4][5]
A timber framed house with cruck construction, painted brick panels, and a hipped thatched roof. There is one storey and an attic, three bays, and a single-storey brick extension to the right. On the front is a porch with a thatched roof, 20th-century windows, and an attic dormer. There is an exposed cruck truss in the left gable end, and another in the centre of the house.[6]
The remains of the dovecote are in red brick with sandstone dressings, on a copedplinth, with a mouldedcornice, and a corrugated iron roof. The remains have a hexagonal plan, and contain rectangular windows with chamfered surrounds. Inside are nesting boxes, and attached to the north is a coped brick wall, originally part of the walled garden of a former timber framed hall.[7]
The remaining fragment of the garden wall of the former timber framed hall is in red brick, and is about 6 feet (1.8 m) long and 3 feet (0.91 m) high.[8]
The farmhouse was later altered. It is in timber framing and brick, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and four bays. The windows are casements, and there are three gableddormers. In the left gable wall and at the rear is exposed timber framing.[11]
The cottage was rebuilt in the 18th century with red brick replacing much of the original timber framing. It has a hipped thatched roof, one storey and an attic, and three bays. The porch to the left has a hipped thatched roof, the windows are casements, and there are two attic dormers. In the right wall is exposed timber framing with brick infill.[12]
The house was extended in the 18th century and restored in 1986. The older part is timber framed with brick infill, and incorporates the remains of a medievalcruck house, and the roofs are tiled. The older part has two storeys and three bays, and it contains a porch with a hipped roof, a cantedbay window, and casement windows. The extension to the right has one storey and an attic, two bays, a casement window with a segmental head, and two gableddormers. Inside is a pair of late medieval crucks.[13]
The house was rebuilt in the 18th century. It has a timber framed core, largely replaced by painted brick, and a tile roof. There are two storeys, a main block of three bays, a two-bay extension, and a rear wing. On the front is a porch with a hipped roof, and the windows are a mix of sashes and casements. Inside, there is exposed timber framing.[14]
The cottage is the older, and both parts have tile roofs. The cottage is timber framed with plaster infill, it has one storey and an attic, three bays, and a single-storey extension to the left linking to the workshop. The windows include casements, a square bay window with a lean-to roof, and four gableddormers. The workshop dates from the 18th century, and is in red brick.[15]
The barn and stables are timber framed with brick infill, weatherboarding above the bottom panel, and a tile roof. There is one storey and five bays, and it contains full-height barn doors.[16]
The cottage is in sandstone on a plinth, with a tile roof, two storeys and a cellar, three bays, and a rear lean-to. The windows are casements, and there are mullioned cellar windows.[17]
The house, which was later extended, is in red brick with stone dressings on a mouldedplinth, and has rusticatedquoins, a moulded eavescornice, and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, five bays, and a later rear wing. The central doorway has a panelled and moulded surround, a keystone, and a broken semicircular pediment on console brackets. The windows are sashes with segmental heads, moulded sills, and aprons, and there are three dormers with hipped roofs. The rear wing has two storeys, three bays, and it contains casement windows.[18][19]
A red brick house with rusticatedquoins, a mouldedeavescornice, and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and five bays. The central doorway has a moulded architrave, a raised keystone, and a moulded cornice hood. The windows on the front are sashes with aprons, there are three dormers with hipped roofs, and at the rear is a two-storey bow window. The forecourt is enclosed by walls containing rusticated gate piers with ball finials.[18][20]
The memorial is in the churchyard, and is a chest tomb in sandstone with a rectangular plan. The tomb has panelled sides, corner balusters, an elaborate cartouche at the west end, and a cap with a moulded edge. The inscription is illegible.[21]
A red brick house, divided into two, with a dentilledeavesband and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads, and there are two doorways with segmental heads.[23]
The farmhouse, which was extended at the rear in the 19th century, is in brown brick on a sandstoneplinth, and has a mouldedeavesband, and a tile roof. There are three storeys and a cellar, and five bays. The central doorway has a cornice hood, and the windows are casements with segmental heads. The cellars are partly cut out of the natural sandstone.[24]
The house is in red brick on a plinth, with a floor band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a hippedslate roof. The main block has two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a flat-roofed Tuscan porch, above it is a stair window, and the other windows are sashes. To the left is a low two-storey two-bay service wing that has casement windows with segmental heads in the ground floor and sash windows above. A wall links the house to the coach house and stable block that have two storeys and five bays, and contain a wide segmental arch.[25]
A fishing lodge in red brick on a sandstoneplinth, with a tile roof, in Gothic style. There is one storey and three bays, and it contains a central doorway, and windows with pointed heads and hood moulds.[26]
A farmhouse on the site of a previous timber framed hall, it is in rendered brick, with an eavesband and a tile roof with coped verges. There are three storeys, and an L-shaped plan with a main range of three bays, and a rear wing. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight, and the windows are casements with segmental heads.[27]
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