Sale is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The town and its adjacent area of Ashton upon Mersey contain 27 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. With the arrival of the railway in 1849, the town became a commuter area for Manchester. It contains a variety of listed buildings, which include houses, farmhouses, churches and associated structures, the railway station, public houses, a bank, a cinema, a footbridge, and three war memorials.
Originally a farmhouse, it is in brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, and a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys, two bays, and a rear wing. The doorway and the ground floor windows have basket-arched hood moulds and relieving arches, and the windows also have a dog-tooth band. The doorway has a moulded surround. The ground floor windows and one of the upper floor windows are casements, and the other is a sash window.[2][3]
A farmhouse, later extended and converted into two cottages. It is in brick with a slate roof, two storeys, four bays, and lean-tos at the right and the rear. On the front is a trellis porch with a datestone above, and the windows are casements. Inside is an inglenook and a bressumer.[4]
The baptistry was added in 1874, and the tower by George Truefitt in 1877. It is built in timber framing and in stone, and has a roof of slate and clay tiles. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, a north baptistry, a chancel with a north organ chamber and a south vestry, and a south tower.The tower has a projecting plinth, casement windows, a datestone, a timber framed clock stage with a clock face, gables on each side with bargeboards, and an elaborate weathervane. The baptistry is octagonal with a pyramidal roof, and the windows along the sides are mullioned with semicircular heads.[5][6]
The sundial is in the churchyard of St Martin's Church. It is in stone, and consists of a baluster-like shaft with a decorative band, on a circular base. On the top is a copper dial and gnomon.[7][8]
Originally two houses, later combined into one, it is in rendered brick, with a stone extension to the right, a dentilledeavescornice, and a tiled roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, and two bays. The central doorway has an architrave and a pediment, the windows are sashes, and above the door is a blank window.[9]
Originally one house, later divided into two, it is in brick on a stone plinth, with a modillioneavescornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys, five bays, a double-depth plan, and a porch on each gable end. The central doorway has ¾ columns, a fanlight with radial bars, and an open pediment. The windows are sashes with stone sills and brick cambered arches, and there is an arched stair window in the left gable.[10][11]
A footbridge crossing the River Mersey, it is in wrought iron. The bridge consists of a single span, with cast ironpiers, timber decking, and is approached by wrought iron ramps.[12]
A farmhouse, later a private house, in brick with a plain eavescornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, two bays, and a small rear wing. The central doorway has a round-arched head and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches.[13]
A railway station for the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway, the booking hall is in red brick with blue brick dressings, a cornice band, a timber fascia, and a hippedslate roof. The entrance from the street has one storey, three bays, a central doorway and flanking windows, all with round heads. At the rear are two storeys, and steps lead down to the platform. There are brick buildings on both platforms, and on the Manchester platform is also a canopy.[16]
The church was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in Gothic style. It is in sandstone with a red tiled roof, and consists of a nave, a north porch, double north and south transepts, and a chancel with a north vestry. At the west end are square corner pinnacles and a six-light window, and at the east end is a rose window, under which is a niche containing an eagle.[17][18]
The chapels are in sandstone and have Welsh slate roofs with copedgables with cross finials. They have an H-shaped plan, with a central steeple over an archway and the chapels as cross-wings. The steeple has a two-stage tower with stepped buttresses, and an octagonal spire with lucarnes and a finial. The chapels have gabled porches and lancet windows.[19][20]
The church is in stone, it has a tile roof with copedgables and finials, and is in Decorated style. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, north and south transepts, a chancel with an organ chamber, and a southeast steeple. The steeple has a three-stage tower with diagonal buttresses, an octagonal corner stair turret, octagonal pinnacles, and a spire with gabled lucarnes and a weathercock. The windows contain Geometricaltracery, and the east window has five lights.[7][21]
A school and schoolmaster's house, with the tower added in 1877. They are in brick with stone dressings and slate roofs. The school has an L-shaped plan with sides of seven and four bays, and a single storey. It has a projecting plinth, a sill band, a decorative eaves band in applied timber, copedgables, and mullioned windows. At the corner is a tower with quoins and bands, an open belfry, clock faces, a pyramidal roof, and a weathervane. The house has three bays, a decorative porch, a dormer, and crested roof tiles.[22]
Originally a Methodist church, later used for other purposes, it is in stone with a slate roof, and is in Classical style. There are two storeys, an entrance front of five bays, and seven bays along the sides. On the front is a full-height portico with two Ionic columns and two square columns, all in pink stone, carrying an entablature. The front has a rusticatedplinth, giant corner pilasters, a dentilledcornice, and at the top is a three-bay dentilled pediment containing a cross in the tympanum. In the outer bays are windows with architraves, flat-headed in the ground floor, round-headed in the upper floor, and with decorative panels between them.[19][23]
A hotel, later a public house, in brick with some stone dressings and a slate roof with lead finials. There is a main range with two storeys, a tower wing to the left, and a lower later extension to the right. In the centre is an entrance, above which is a large mullioned stair window; the other windows are casements. The left bay is canted with an attic above an embattledparapet, to the left is a single-storey entrance porch, partly half timbered. Behind this is a tall octagonal tower with narrow windows, and at the top is a continuous window under an octagonal roof.[2][24]
The dovecote is the only surviving structure associated with Sale Old Hall. It is in brick with stone dressings, a mouldedeavescornice, and a conical Westmorlandslate roof The dovecote has an octagonal plan and two stages. In the lower stage are two doorways with elaborately moulded pointed arches and four lancet windows. The upper stage is corbelled out, it is circular, and contains four gabled bird entries.[25]
The tower was added in 1911. The church is in stone and has slate roofs with copedgables, corner pinnacles, and cross finials. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel with a vestry, an organ chamber, and a polygonal apse, and a southwest tower. The tower has four stages, an arched doorway, angle buttresses with gablets, a niche for a statue, clock faces, an embattledparapet with pinnacles, and a pyramidal roof with a spike and a weathercock.[19][26]
A hall designed by George Truefitt, it has a brick plinth, decorative timber framing above, and a clay tile roof. There is one storey, and an L-shaped plan. On the left is a gabled wing with a six-light mullioned window, a tile-hung gable, and a finial. In the right wing is a doorway with a datestone above and a hipped roof.[10][27]
The lychgate, designed by George Truefitt, is at the entrance to the churchyard. It has a brick plinth a timber frame, and a pyramidal clay tile roof. On the sides are large semicircular timber arches, and the gates are in cast iron.[28]
The former bank, by Thomas Worthington and Son, is on a corner site, and has two storeys with attics, and sides of three bays. The ground floor is in rusticated stone, above is brick with stone dressings, and the roof is in green slate. The two-storey porch has an arched doorway with ¾ columns, a mullioned and transomed window, and a copedgable with a ball finial. In the ground floor are pilasters and windows with semi-elliptical heads, and in the upper floor are oriel windows and cartouches.[31][32]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Anne's Church. It is in Aberdeengranite, and consists of a cross about 4 metres (13 ft) high. A laurel wreath is hung on the cross, which is decorated with palm leaves. The cross is on an octagonal plinth on an octagonal two-stepped base. At the foot of the shaft of the cross are four scrolled feet, and on the sides of the plinth are panels with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the First World War.[33]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Martin's Church. It is in sandstone, and consists of a cross with a tapered shaft, on a stepped plinth, on a two-stepped base. In the centre of the cross arms is the carving of a crown with a smaller cross inside. On the front of the plinth is a bronze wreath, and inscriptions relating to both World Wars.[34]
The war memorial consists of a statue in Portland stone of Saint George with a sword and a shield. It stands on a base of polished granite with a pedestal, a tall square shaft with a projecting base, and a small stylobate. On the pedestal are bay leaf wreaths and coats of arms, and on the shaft are bronze plaques containing the names of those lost in the war.[19][35]
The former cinema is in brick, partly rendered, it has a hipped Welsh slate roof with a tiled ridge, and is in Neo-Egyptian style. The front is flanked by full-height pylons containing shop windows in the lower part, and narrow windows with projecting cornices above. Over the entrance are four columns with lotus capitals.[2][36]
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