Rishton is a small town in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It contains eleven listed buildings, which are designated by Historic England and recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. There is one listed building inside the town itself, the war memorial. The others are in the surrounding rural area, and most of the listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the area, and three bridges crossing it are listed.
Originally a farmhouse, it has been extended and converted into a private dwelling. The house is in rendered stone with stone-slate roofs. It is in three parts, the central part with two storeys, a low single-storey service wing to the right, and a two-storey extension to the left. Some of the windows are mullioned.[4]
The farmhouse is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, with an outshut at the rear. There are two porches, the older porch with two storeys, and the later gabled porch with one. Some of the windows are mullioned and others have been altered.[5]
The sandstone farmhouse has a stone-slate roof, it is in two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a Tudor arch, some of the windows have retained their mullions, and others have been altered.[6]
The former farmhouse is in stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay range, and a cross-wing. There is a lean-to porch in the angle, and the windows are mullioned. Inside the cross-wing is a timber-framed partition.[7]
A sandstone farmhouse with a stone-slate roof in two storeys. The farmhouse has three bays, and an outshut of two bays. On the front is a two-storey gabled porch. The windows are mullioned.[2][8]
The farmhouse is in sandstone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, and a 19th-century wing at the rear. There is a modern brick porch with an old inscribed lintel, to the left of which is a stair light. Some windows have retained their mullions, and others have been altered.[9]
The war memorial stands in a triangular garden on an island in the centre of a road junction, and is in Creetowngranite on sandstone steps. The memorial consists of a pylon on a two-stepped base, it is approached by steps, and is 6.7 metres (22 ft) high. The pylon has a triangular plan, chamfered corners, a pyramidal top, and a flared foot. On the top are antefixae with anthemion, below this is a frieze, and each face has a tablet with a laurel wreath and a crown. The plinth is triangular with square corner columns, and is inscribed with the names of those lost in the First World War. On the steps on the north side is a granite tablet with the names of those lost in the Second World War and the Korean War. The garden is surrounded by decorative metal bollards linked by chains.[13]
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