Farndon is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. One of these is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, three at the middle grade, Grade II*, and the rest at the lowest grade, Grade II. Apart from the village of Farndon, the parish is rural. The listed buildings include houses in the village, the church and tombs in the churchyard, the ancient bridge crossing the River Dee, the former village lock-up, and a memorial.
The road bridge crosses the River Dee between the villages of Farndon and Holt, and is partly in Wales. It is constructed in sandstone, and consists of eight arches, five of which are cross the river. The bridge is also a scheduled monument.[2][3][4][5]
The oldest fabric in the church is in the lower part of the tower. The church was badly damaged in the Civil War, following which it was largely rebuilt in 1658. It was restored in the 19th century. The church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave, a chancel, a north porch, a south vestry, and a west tower.[6][7][8]
A former chapel and house, later converted into a house, built in brick on a sandstoneplinth, with a slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic, with a shaped gable facing the road. It has a stone doorway with a semi-circular head. Between the ground and first floor is a brick dentil band. There is a small round window in the gable.[11][12]
The former farmhouse is in brick on a stone plinth with slate roofs. It consists of a central block with two cross wings. The central block and the right wing has two storeys; the left wing has three storeys and shaped gable s on the front and the back. The windows are a mix of sashes and casements. Inside is an inglenook.[11][13]
A brick house with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is symmetrical, and in three storeys. The windows are sashes. Inside the house is an inglenook and oak panelling.[14]
A row of three timber-framed cottages with brick nogging and thatched roofs. They are in one storey with an attic, and each cottage has a gabled eyebrow dormer. All the windows are casements. Parts of the timber-framing have been replaced with brick.[15]
A pair of adjacent table tombs in yellow sandstone. The inscriptions are weathered, and the carvings include an hourglass and a skull and crossbones.[16]
The house contains features from an earlier date, and at one time housed a school. It is built in brick with a slate roof, and has rusticatedquoins. It has three storeys, and is in three bays, the central bay projecting slightly. The windows are sashes. Inside the house is an inglenook.[17]
A brick house with a slate roof, forming part of a row. It has three storeys, each storey having sash windows with stone wedge lintels. The chimney is on the gable.[19]
A brick house with a slate roof. It is almost symmetrical, with two storeys, and four windows in each storey. The inner windows are sashes, and the outer windows are replaced casements, all under painted stone wedge lintels and with cills. In the left gable wall is a 20th-century oriel window.[20]
A brick house with a slate roof and rusticated quoins. It is asymmetrical, with three storeys, and three windows in each storey. A two-storey wing to the left has an entrance for carts and a winch arm at the rear; internally there is a rock-cut cellar.[21]
A brick house with a slate roof, attached to a cartshed and a stable. The house is in two storeys, and has an open gabled porch. The windows are sashes under rusticatedkeystonelintels. The former cartshed and stable are attached to the right side of the house and contain an arched entrance, above which is a door to the hayloft.[22]
A brick house with a slate roof on a plaster cornice. It has three storeys, and is in 1½ bays. One of the windows in the top floor, and the window by the door, are casements; the other windows are sashes with stone wedge lintels with cills.[23]
A pebbledashed house with a hippedslate roof, later divided into two houses. The main block has a symmetrical front, with a Doric doorway, above which is a bow window. To each side of the doorway is a single-storey cantedbay window; the other windows are sashes. In the left wing the windows are in Gothick style.[24]
The village lock-up is constructed in brick and has a pyramidal slate roof. There are two barred semi-circular openings with stone surrounds. The original doorway has been replaced. Between the openings is an inscription, including the date.[25]
The memorial, designed by E. A. Heffer, is to the memory of Major Barnston, who was killed in the Crimean War. It consists of a slim yellow sandstoneobelisk, surrounded by cast iron railings. It is flanked by four crouching lions, and carries a plaque inscribed with details of his service and death.[2][26]
The war memorial is in limestone and consists of a Celtic-style wheel-head cross about 5 metres (16 ft) high. It has a tapering chamfered shaft on a rectangular plinth itself on a three-stepped chamfered base. The head is decorated with interlace detailing in relief. On the base is an inscription, and the names of those lost in both World Wars are inscribed on the plinth.[27]
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