Peover Superior is a former civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contained 29 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest grade, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. The parish was mainly rural, and most of the listed buildings are houses of various sizes, farmhouses, cottages, and associated structures. The other listed buildings include a church with associated structures, a former water mill, a railway viaduct, and a mile post.
The cross is in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church. The oldest part is the base, and the cross was added to the base in 1907. It is in stone, and consists of three steps with a square plinth. The shaft is octagonal and carries a canopy over a cross and two figures of saints. The structure is also a scheduled monument.[2][3]
The sundial is in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church. The oldest part is the octagonal shaft which was originally part of the churchyard cross. It was converted into a sundial in the 19th century, placing it on two square steps. The dial and gnomon are missing.[4]
The oldest part of the church is the south chapel, and the north chapel dates from 1648. The tower was built in 1739, and the nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1811. The chapels are in stone, and the tower and the rest of the church are in brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof. In the church are memorials to the Mainwaring family.[5][6][7]
A country house with a sequence of additions and alterations. In 1964 one of the wings was in a poor condition, and was demolished, with the formation of a new entrance. The hall is built in brick with stone dressings, it has a tiled roof, and is in two and three storeys. The windows are mullioned and tramsomed.[8][9][10]
The house is timber-framed and was refaced in brick in the early 19th century. It is in two storeys, and has a slate roof. On the front are three casement windows on each floor and a doorway to the right of centre. On the right gabled side the timber-framing is exposed; it has brick infill and is on a stone plinth.[11]
Originating as a farmhouse, the house is in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys, with a half-basement and an attic. The house has an H-shaped plan, with a recessed centre flanked by gabled wings. The entrance front is rendered, and seven steps lead up to the central doorway.[12]
This was built as a birthday gift to Thomas Mainwaring from his mother. A first floor was added in the 18th century, and there have been further additions since. It is built in brick with stone dressings and has a tiled roof, and is in two storeys. The interior is elaborately decorated, the stalls being divided by an arcade of Tuscan columns, and the ceiling is also highly decorated.[13][14][15]
There have been additions and alterations to the farm building in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is partly timber-framed with brick infill, and partly in brick, and has a corrugated iron roof.[17]
The farmhouse was extended with the addition of a front range in the 18th century. This is built in brick with a slate roof, and has a symmetrical entrance front with three bays. The central bay projects forward, contains a doorway with a keystone, a datestone, and is gabled. The rear 17th-century wing is timber-framed on a stone plinth. The garden wall and stone gate piers are included in the listing.[18]
The farmhouse was altered and extended in the 20th century. It is timber-framed with brick infill on a brick and stone plinth. The house consists of a single-storey section in one cell, with a two-storey section in three cells to the right. The 20th-century extension is further to the right. The windows are casements.[19]
The farm building is timber-framed with whitewashed brick infill on a stone plinth. It has a slate roof and is in a single storey. The building was extended in the 19th century in brick painted to simulate timber-framing.[21]
The farm building is in brick with a tiled roof in two storeys. In the lower storey are two doors and two windows, and above are another window, a square pitch hole, and ventilation holes. On the left side a staircase leads to a door in the upper floor.[22]
A brick farmhouse with a slate roof, in two storeys with an attic. It has a two-bay front, with the doorway to the right of centre, and a datestone above. The windows are casements.[23]
A brick farmhouse with a slate roof, it is in three storeys, and has an entrance front of four bays. At the sides are square turrets with pyramidal roofs. The windows are casements.[24]
The farmhouse is in brick with a slate roof. It is in two storeys with an attic, and has a two-bay front. There is a central doorway, with casement windows in the lower and upper storeys. In the attic is a gableddormer containing a sash window. At the rear is a semi-octagonal bay window.[25]
A brick farmhouse with a slate roof, it is in two storeys with an attic. The entrance front has a slate-faced plinth and a central lean-to porch. The windows are casements. In the left gable apex is a stone inscribed with the date and initials.[26]
A brick farmhouse with a slate roof, it is in three storeys. In the centre is doorway with a fanlight and at the top of the house a shallow gable with a round window. Most of the other windows are sashes. There is a later single-storey outbuilding to the left. Inside the house is some timber-framing.[27]
A former watermill that was extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built in brick with a stone-slate roof, and is in two storeys. The road front is divided into three bays by pilasters, and it contains three casement windows. On the right side is a double door above which is a loft door and a pulley, and on the left side is an external staircase leading to a doorway.[28]
The former coach house is built in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a nine-bay front, the central three bays projecting forward under a pediment containing a clock face. In the lower storey are carriage openings and sash windows, and in the upper floor are circular windows. On the roof is a cupola.[29][30]
The gates and gate piers were brought from Alderley Park and stand near the coach house of Peover Hall. There are two pairs of gate piers, the larger in the centre with double gates, and a smaller pair to the outside with pedestrian gates. The piers are square, in stone, with entablatures surmounted by ball finials on pyramids. The gates are in wrought iron and in rococo style.[31]
The lodge to Peover Hall is in rendered brick with a slate roof. It is in a single storey, and has knotted tree trunks at the angles. The windows have pointed arches, and contain Y-tracery and casement windows.[33]
The mile post is in cast iron and consists of a circular post with an acorn finial. It carries a curved plate inscribed with the name of the parish, and the distances in miles to Knutsford and Holmes Chapel.[34]
The viaduct carries the railway over the valley of the Peover Eye. It is built in brick with stone dressings, and consists of ten semicircular arches. Six of the piers are full, and the others are set into an embankment.[35]
Designed by Percy Worthington, the garden wall with pavilions at the ends are in stone. The wall is about 10 feet (3.0 m) high, and contains piers and buttresses. The pavilions are square with pyramidal roofs. Inside them the floors are flagged, the ceilings have mouldedcornices, and are domed.[39]
A country house designed by Percy Worthington, built in stone with hipped tile roofs. Its plan consists of three sides of a courtyard. The central block in two storeys with attics, and is joined to single-storey pavilions by single-storey wings. At the entrance is a portico with four unfluted Roman Ionic columns on a stylobate, its pediment containing a coat of arms. At the top of the house is a modillioncornice. The windows are sashes. The house has later become the centre of an office complex.[29][40][41]
