Walton is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. It contains 22 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The parish is centred on Walton Hall, the former home of the Greenall family. The hall itself is listed, as are surrounding structures related to the hall. Also listed are the nearby parish church and its lychgate, and cottages and a former school in the Walton Hall Estate. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the parish; related to this are six listed structures, namely five bridges and an aqueduct. The other listed buildings are a former farmhouse dating from about 1800, a late 18th-century house, and an early 19th-century farmhouse. All the buildings are listed at Grade II, other than the parish church which is listed at Grade II*.
This is a bridge carrying Holly Hedge Lane over the Bridgewater Canal. It was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. The bridge is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the canal.[2]
The bridge carries Warrington Road over the Bridgewater Canal. It was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. The bridge is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the canal.[3]
This carries the Bridgewater Canal over the former Chester Road. The aqueduct was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the lane.[4]
The bridge carries a farm road over the Bridgewater Canal. It was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. The bridge is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the canal.[5]
The bridge carries Hough's Lane over the Bridgewater Canal. It was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. The bridge is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the canal.[6]
The bridge carries the drive from the lodge to Walton Hall over the Bridgewater Canal between Walton Lea Road to Walton Hall Park. It was designed by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. The bridge is constructed in brick with stone dressings forming a segmental arch over the canal, and has a parapet with recessed rectangular panels.[7]
The house is constructed in brick with slate roofs, and is in two storeys. It has an Ionic-style portico with two columns standing on a painted stone plinth. At the ends of the house are shaped gables, one of which contains a large oriel window. The other windows are sashes. Inside the house is ornamental plasterwork.[8][9]
This is a brick cottage with a slate roof in two storeys and three bays. It originated as a two-bay farmhouse with an attached shippon and hayloft. The windows are casements, and the arched entrance to the former shippon has been bricked up.[10]
The farmhouse probably incorporates material dating from earlier than the 19th century. It is constructed in painted brick on a sandstoneplinth with slate roofs. At the corners are stuccoed brick buttresses. The house is in two storeys, and has casement windows on the front, and sash windows at the rear.[11]
Originally built as a school house and a schoolmaster's house for the Walton Hall Estate, later converted into two houses. They are in brick on projecting sandstoneplinths, with gabledslate roofs. They have brick chimneys with octagonal flues, and form a T-shaped block. The former school house is in two storeys with an attic. The former schoolmaster's house has a projecting gabled porch with a Jacobean-style doorway, and gabled half-dormers. The windows are mullioned and transomed.[13]
The former lodge is sited at the entrance to the drive of Walton Lea Crematorium. It is an asymmetrical single-storey building with a T-shaped plan, constructed in brick with sandstone dressings and Westmorlandslate roofs. Features include a mullionedoriel window, a gabled porch, and sandstone finials on the gables of the lodge.[8][14]
The gates are in wrought iron, with the gate piers, their caps and ball finials in rusticatedsandstone. The screens are S-shaped, and consist of wrought iron railings on a sandstone wall, with piers in the centres and at the outer ends.[15]
The wall, balustrades and steps are in sandstone and located between the lawns to the east of the hall. The wall is in two parts, separated by three steps, and surmounted by urn-shaped balusters.[16]
Built for Sir Gilbert Greenall as a school and attached schoolmaster's house. The school has been converted into the village hall. The building is in brick with stone dressings and Westmorland green slate roofs. On the ridge is a brick and stone chimney with six attached octagonal flues. The hall has three-light windows with pointed heads, and at its end is a copedsandstonegable. The house is in two storeys and two bays, with gables on the front and ends. Its windows are mullioned.[19]
A pair of cottages forming part of the estate village built for Sir Gilbert Greenall, junior. They are in brick on a sandstoneplinth with sandstone dressings, stone-slate roofs, and large brick chimneys. The cottages have two storeys, and each is in two bays. The windows are mullioned and have leaded glazing.[8][23]
A pair of cottages forming part of the estate village built for Sir Gilbert Greenall, junior. They are in brick on a sandstoneplinth with sandstone dressings, stone-slate roofs, and large brick chimneys. The cottages form a V-shaped block. Each cottage is in two bays, with shaped gables. The windows are leaded casements.[8][24]
A pair of cottages forming part of the estate village built for Sir Gilbert Greenall, junior. They are in brick on a sandstoneplinth with sandstone dressings, stone-slate roofs, and large brick chimneys. The cottages have two storeys, and each is in two bays. The windows are mullioned and have leaded glazing.[8][25]
