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Listed buildings in Aston-on-Trent 
Summary
Aston-on-Trent is a civil parish and a village in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Aston-on-Trent and the surrounding area. The Trent and Mersey Canal passes to the east and south of the village, and a lock and bridge on it are listed. All the other listed buildings are in the village, and consist of houses, a church and items in the churchyard, and a pump house converted into a bus shelter.
Key edit
| Grade | Criteria[1] |
|---|---|
| I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' Church 52°51′36″N 1°23′07″W / 52.86008°N 1.38518°W |
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12th century | The church has been altered and extended through the centuries, and it was restored during the 19th century. It is built in stone with lead roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south porches, a chancel with a north aisle, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, stepped angle buttresses, a Norman west doorway, windows, two-light bell openings, string courses, a clock face on the north, gargoyles, and an embattle parapet with corner obelisk pinnacles. Along the nave and the chancel are embattled parapets.[2][3] | I |
| Longcroft Farmhouse 52°51′44″N 1°23′07″W / 52.86236°N 1.38526°W |
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16th century | A farmhouse, later a private house, that has been altered. It is in painted brick with a stepped eaves band and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a front range of three bays and a rear wing. On the front is a gabled porch with dentilled eaves, and the windows are casements. Inside, there are the remains of a cruck truss, and an inglenook fireplace.[4] | II |
| 16 The Green 52°51′42″N 1°23′03″W / 52.86173°N 1.38414°W |
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1690 | A farmhouse, later divided and used for other purposes, it is in red brick on a stone plinth, with diapering on the front, and a tile roof. There are two storey and attics, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a front range of three bays, and a rear wing. On the front are three-light casement windows with segmental heads, under the eaves is a small two-light window, and in the upper floor is a diamond-shaped datestone. At the rear is a porch with a bracketed roof.[5] | II |
| 16 Weston Road 52°51′41″N 1°23′09″W / 52.86133°N 1.38580°W |
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Early 18th century | Two houses that were later combined into one, and refronted in the 19th century. The house is in red brick, partly on a plinth, with a sawtooth eaves band, and a tile roof. There is a single storey and attics, and a front of four bays, the outer two bays gabled. On the right bay is a segmental-arched doorway, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes with segmental heads. In the second bay is a gabled dormer.[6] | II |
| Holden chest tomb 52°51′37″N 1°23′07″W / 52.86021°N 1.38533°W |
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c. 1726 | The chest tomb in the churchyard of All Saints' Church is to the memory of members of the Holden family. It is in stone and has a wide plinth and plain base. There are panels on three sides, and a top slab with a moulded edge. On one panel is an inscription, and on another is an inscribed plaque.[7] | II |
| Aston Hall 52°51′30″N 1°23′07″W / 52.85831°N 1.38514°W |
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1735 | A country house that was extended to the north in the 19th century, and later used for other purposes. It is in stuccoed brick with stone dressings and tile roofs. The original house has a plinth, bands, a moulded cornice, parapets, and a hipped roof. There are three storeys and fronts of five and three bays. On the west front is a central Ionic porch, above which is a Venetian window, and the other windows are sash windows. The east front has a central conservatory with a Venetian window above, and flanked by two-storey bay windows. The extension has two storeys and attics and an irregular plan.[8][9] | II* |
| Greaves chest tomb 52°51′37″N 1°23′06″W / 52.86026°N 1.38499°W |
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c. 1740 | The chest tomb in the churchyard of All Saints' Church is to the memory of members of the Greaves family. It is in sandstone with a slate top. The tomb has a plain plinth, a moulded base, panels on the sides, shaped corner piers with gadrooned bases, and a top with moulded edges. There are inscriptions on the panels and on the top.[10] | II |
| Aston lock and bridge 52°51′30″N 1°22′15″W / 52.85840°N 1.37088°W |
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1770 | The lock and bridge are on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The lock chamber is in red brick with some rebuilding in blue brick, stone and concrete copings, and metal and wooden gates. The chamber is about 12 feet (3.7 m) deep, and on the sides are bollards and steps. The bridge is in red brick with stone and blue brick jambs, and consists of a single segmental arch. It has an inscribed keystone, and parapets with chamfered stone copings, and the walls curve out to end in square piers.[11] | II |
| 6 The Green 52°51′40″N 1°23′04″W / 52.86125°N 1.38431°W |
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Late 18th century | A brick house with a sawtooth eaves band and a tile roof, two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a semicircular fanlight and a keystone. In the ground floor the windows are three-light casements with segmental heads, and those in the upper floor are three-light horizontally-sliding sashes with keystones.[12] | II |
| 2 and 4 Weston Road 52°51′41″N 1°23′07″W / 52.86133°N 1.38528°W |
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Late 18th century | A pair of red brick houses in a terrace, with stepped eaves bands, and a tile roof. There are three storeys and each house has a single bay. The doorways have cambered heads. The windows are horizontally-sliding sashes with cambered heads in the lower two floors, and flat heads in the top floor.[13] | II |
| Ledmore 52°51′40″N 1°23′11″W / 52.86114°N 1.38638°W |
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Early 98th century | The house, which incorporates a former outbuilding, is in painted brick, with a dentilled eaves band and a tile roof. There are two storeys, two bays, a later projecting gabled wing in the right, and a single-storey wing on the left. The doorway has pilasters, a fanlight, and a moulded cornice. Some windows are casements, and others are horizontally-sliding sashes.[14] | II |
| Bus shelter 52°51′41″N 1°23′06″W / 52.86147°N 1.38493°W |
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c. 1870 | Originally a pump house, it has been converted into a bus shelter. It is in red brick on a stone plinth, with a tile roof and a crested ridge tile. The shelter has an octagonal plan, a single storey and a single bay. Three sides at the front are open, with two fluted iron columns. On the back walls are brick panels with timber surrounds.[15] | II |
| Lychgate and churchyard walls 52°51′38″N 1°23′06″W / 52.86044°N 1.385002°W |
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c. 1916 | The lychgate has a stone plinth, and four octagonal timber posts with moulded brackets carrying a stone slate half-hipped roof with ornate bargeboards and pendants. Between the posts are four-centred arches, and on the tie-beam is an inscription. Attached to the lychgate are stone walls enclosing the churchyard.[16] | II |
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Hartwell, Pevsner & Williamson (2016), pp. 122–123
- ^ Historic England & 1281625
- ^ Historic England & 1203519
- ^ Historic England & 1096429
- ^ Historic England & 1281574
- ^ Historic England & 1203527
- ^ Hartwell, Pevsner & Williamson (2016), p. 123
- ^ Historic England & 1096430
- ^ Historic England & 1334602
- ^ Historic England & 1334603
- ^ Historic England & 1281667
- ^ Historic England & 1096431
- ^ Historic England & 1096432
- ^ Historic England & 1096428
- ^ Historic England & 1203525
Sources edit
- Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Aston-on-Trent (1281625)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Longcroft Farmhouse, Aston-on-Trent (1203519)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "No. 16 The Green, Aston-on-Trent (1096429)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "No. 16 Weston Road, Aston-on-Trent (1281574)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Chest Tomb 5 metres north of south porch to Church of All Saints, Aston-on-Trent (1203527)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Aston Hall, Aston-on-Trent (1096430)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Chest Tomb 20 metres south of Lychgate to All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent (1334602)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Trent and Mersey Canal Aston Lock and Aston Lock Bridge, Aston-on-Trent (1334603)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "No. 6 The Green, Aston-on-Trent (1281667)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Nos. 2 and 4 Weston Road, Aston-on-Trent (1096431)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Ledmore, Aston-on-Trent (1096432)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Bus Shelter, Aston-on-Trent (1096428)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, "Lychgate and Attached Churchyard Walls to All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent (1203525)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 15 February 2022
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (2016) [1978]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21559-5.