Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] Industry, including coal mining, came to the town in the 19th century, but it is now mainly residential.[2] The older listed buildings consist of farmhouses, a farm building, a chapel and a milestone, and the later ones are churches and associated structures, and a library.
The farmhouse was altered in the 19th century. It is in brick, roughcast at the front and sides, with a sill band and a slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and single-storey extensions on the sides. On the front is an open-framed porch with a hipped roof, and the doorway has an elliptical head. This flanked by cantedbay windows with hipped roofs, and in the upper floor are sash windows with segmental heads. At the rear the windows are casements.[3]
Originally a Presbyterian chapel, it was altered in 1826 and 1871–72 and extended in 1903–04. It is in pebbledashed brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, a top corbelledfrieze and a slate roof. There are five bays, the western bay with two storeys and two gables. At the east end is a coped gable with a ball finial, at the west end is square bellcote with a pyramidal shingled roof, and on the south side are three urns on a plinth.[4][5]
The farmhouse and barn are in brick with stone-slate roofs, and the house is pebbledashed. The house has two storeys and two bays. In the ground floor is a cantedbay window to the left, a 20th-century casement window to the right, and sash windows in the upper floor; the windows have keystones. The barn on the left has three bays and a rear extension, and contains a cart entrance and doors.[6]
The milestone is in stone and is curved with an arris at the front and chamfered at the top. It is inscribed with the distances in yards to the centre of the town, and in miles to Wigan, Warrington and Bryn railway station.[7]
The presbytery is in brick with stone dressings, a top cornice, a blocking course, and a slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a single-storey extension to the west. The doorway has an inset Tuscan doorcase, an elliptical-headed entrance, and a fanlight. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels, and there is a flat-roofed dormer.[4][8]
The gates are at the entrance to the churchyard. The gates and gate piers are in cast iron. The piers are square and have open scrollwork sides, cornices, and pine-cone finials. The gates have decorative bands and spear finials.[4][9]
The library was built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. It is in red brick with sandstone dressings, a slate roof, and has the plan of an irregular polygon. The entrance front has two storeys, with steps leading up to a doorway with a segmental arch, a fanlight, a keystone, and a hood mould on corbels. Above is a Venetian window with a datestone, and at the top is a gable flanked by corner turrets with lead roofs and flagpoles. Along the sides are round-headed windows and inscribed parapets. On the top of the building is a lantern with a cupola.[4][13]