The original part is the base, consisting of four steps. The cross is dated 1901, and is in sandstone. On the shaft are two brass plaques, both inscribed, one with the Apostles' Creed. On the head of the cross is a carving of the Crucifixion.[3]
The farmhouse is built in brick with a sandstoneplinth, quoins and cornice. It is a symmetrical rectangular building in two storeys. The windows are casements dating from about 1830.[6]
Standing in St John's churchyard, this consists of a sundial with a copper dial on a red sandstonepier. The pier is square, and stands on a square base with two steps.[7]
A brick building in two storeys with a gabledslate roof. It contains cowsheds, a hayloft, and a pigeon loft with nesting boxes. Other features include loading doors, ventilation panels with honeycomb brickwork, and other ventilators in the form of triple-barred crosses.[9]
A sandstone cottage with a thatched roof in 1½ storeys. The upper storey projects forwards. On the front of the cottage are a thatched dormer containing a casement window, and gable with a stone niche. At the rear are thatched eyebrow dormers.[1][10]
A sandstone bridge carrying the B5130 Chester-Farndon road over Aldford Brook. It has three segmental arches with plain rectangular pilasters between the arches and at the ends of the abutments.[11]
A cottage and a post office with an attached dwelling, constructed in brown brick with blue brick diapering in the upper storey. The building is in simplified Jacobean style, and has tiled roofs. The windows are mullionedcasements, and the large post office window is also transomed.[17]
This was built as a school and a schoolmaster's house. The school closed in 1912, and the building has been converted into two cottages. It is constructed in brick on a sandstoneplinth, and has half-timberedgables, and tiled roofs. The building is in 1½ storeys.[18]
Designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster, this is part of a model farm. The buildings are constructed in brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Features include a pedimented loading door, a flèche acting as a ventilator, haylofts, and ventilators in the walls in ornate patterns.[1][26]
A pair of cottages with an attached dispensary designed by Douglas & Fordham for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The cottages are in 1½ storeys, and the dispensary in a single storey. They are constructed in brown brick with blue brick diapering. The roofs are tiled, and the windows are mullioned or casements. Other features include gableddormers and a central chimney with diagonal flues.[28]
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