Barton is a civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. It contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Barton and surrounding countryside. Running through it is the Lancaster Canal, and a bridge crossing it and an aqueduct are listed. The other listed buildings include farm buildings, milestones, a church, and a cross.
Key
edit| Grade | Criteria[1] |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
edit| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing of former Barton Old Hall 53°50′16″N 2°42′54″W / 53.83791°N 2.71492°W |
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16th century (or earlier) |
The wing of a former manor house, later used for agricultural purposes. It is timber-framed with brick cladding and a slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan, with six bays and two storeys. In the north wall is a 32-light mullioned and transomed window.[2][3] | II* |
| Barn, Barton Old Hall 53°50′17″N 2°42′52″W / 53.83792°N 2.71447°W |
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16th century (probable) | The barn is cruck-framed, with modern brick walls and a corrugated sheet roof. It has a rectangular plan, with six bays and two storeys. In the south gable are the arms of the Barton and Shuttleworth families in relief.[4][5] | II |
| Barn, Fisher's Farm 53°50′47″N 2°43′28″W / 53.84647°N 2.72452°W |
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17th century (or earlier) |
The barn is cruck-framed, clad in brick, and has a corrugated sheet roof. It has four bays with lean-to extensions, and contains a wagon entrance doorways and a round pitching hole. Inside are three full cruck trusses.[6] | II |
| Raby's Old Farmhouse 53°51′03″N 2°43′50″W / 53.85084°N 2.73047°W |
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17th century (or earlier) |
This originated as a farmhouse, and was later altered and used for other purposes. It is cruck framed, built in brick with some boulder stone, and has a corrugated iron roof. There are 1+1⁄2 storeys and three bays, and the building contains two segmental-headed doorways, two segmental-headed casement windows, and a dormer with a sliding sash window.[7] | II |
| Milestone 53°49′29″N 2°44′09″W / 53.82472°N 2.73590°W |
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Mid to late 18th century | The milestone is in stone, it is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, and has a triangular plan with convex sides and a rounded top. The sides have panels with the distances in miles to Garstang and to Preston.[8] | II |
| Milestone 53°50′21″N 2°44′24″W / 53.83906°N 2.73990°W |
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Mid to late 18th century | The milestone is in stone, it is about 0.75 metres (2 ft 6 in) high, and has a triangular plan with convex sides and a rounded top. The sides have panels with the distances in miles to Garstang and to Preston.[9] | II |
| Hollowforth Aqueduct (Bridge No. 38) 53°49′14″N 2°45′03″W / 53.82054°N 2.75071°W |
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1790s | The aqueduct carries the Lancaster Canal over New Mill Brook. It is in sandstone, and consists of three elliptical pipes about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 4 metres (13 ft) wide. They have rusticated voussoirs, and flat coping running down on curved outer abutments.[10] | II |
| Hepgreave Bridge (No.39) 53°49′24″N 2°45′05″W / 53.82325°N 2.75127°W |
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c. 1797 | The bridge carries Station Lane over the Lancaster Canal. It is in sandstone, and consists of a single elliptical arch with triple keystoness, bands, parapets with rounded coping, and pilastered ends.[11] | II |
| St Lawrence's Church 53°49′44″N 2°44′10″W / 53.82894°N 2.73603°W |
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1895–96 | The church, designed by R. Knill Freeman in Decorated style is in yellow sandstone with red sandstone dressings and a slate roof with red ridge tiles. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a south chapel, and a northwest steeple. The steeple has a two-stage tower with angle buttresses rising to corner pinnacles, a moulded south doorway, lancet windows, and octagonal bell stage, and a spire with lucarnes.[12][13] | II |
| Barton Cross 53°49′49″N 2°42′29″W / 53.83015°N 2.70798°W |
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1901 | This is in stone, and consists of a simple cross on a pedestal consisting of a tapered block on a cubic block. These stand on a base of large slabs about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) square, which may date from the late medieval era. There is an inscription on the pedestal.[14] | II |
References
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- Citations
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 104–105
- ^ Historic England & 1073560
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 105
- ^ Historic England & 1073561
- ^ Historic England & 1361646
- ^ Historic England & 1073556
- ^ Historic England & 1073557
- ^ Historic England & 1073558
- ^ Historic England & 1361643
- ^ Historic England & 1073554
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 103
- ^ Historic England & 1361645
- ^ Historic England & 1073555
- Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Historic England, "Wing of former Barton Old Hall, circa 20 metres south of Old Hall Farmhouse, Barton (1073560)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Barn and shippon circa 10 metres north-east of Old Hall Farmhouse, Barton (1073561)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Barn circa 25 metres south-west of Fisher's Farmhouse, Barton (1361646)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Raby's Old Farmhouse circa 25 metres south east of Raby's Farmhouse, Barton (1073556)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Milestone on west side of road opposite No. 650 Garstang Road, Barton (1073557)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Milestone on west side of road opposite Nos. 931 and 933 Garstang Road, Barton (1073558)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Hollowforth Aqueduct (Bridge No. 38), Barton (1361643)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Hepgreave Bridge (No.39), Barton (1073554)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Church of St. Lawrence, Barton (1361645)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, "Barton Cross, Barton (1073555)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 July 2015
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 11 July 2015