This originated as a house with an attached cottage; it was extended in each of the following three centuries. It is a long house in two storeys, in painted brick with gabledslate roofs. Its windows are casements. At the rear is a separate former coach house with a hayloft. It has an L-shaped plan, is in brick, and also has two storeys.[4]
The house is built in stone with a slate roof in 2½ storeys. It has a double gable at each end, and a central gable with an open pediment. The windows are sashes. The doorway has an architrave, a frieze, and a triangular pediment on consoles.[2][7]
The farmhouse was much altered in about 1820. It is in brick with slate roofs, and has a T-shaped plan. There is a projecting porch, with three bays on each side. The windows are casements.[8]
These were reworked for the 2nd Marquess of Westminster in about the 1830s and are described as "probably the earliest identifiable Eaton estate dwellings in Eccleston village". They form an L-shaped building with two storeys. They are constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. The brick chimneys have spirally moulded flues on stone plinths, and the windows are casements.[9]
A symmetrical pebbledashed house with a hippedslate roof. It has two storeys, and is in three bays, with a projecting castellated porch. The window openings are Tudor-arched with casements, some original, some replaced. On the south side are French windows.[2][10]
The church was designed by William Porden, and was demolished in 1900. The remains consist of part of the south wall, a buttress, and a fragment of the west wall; they have been retained as a "picturesque feature" in the churchyard of the new church. The wall is in sandstone, and is about 60 feet (18 m) long and 18 feet (5 m) high.[5][11]
The walls and gates are at the end of Church Lane and lead into the old churchyard. The wall are in sandstone, and the gates, in timber, were probably added in the late 19th century, and were probably designed by John Douglas. The gateposts are also in sandstone, and are square with projecting plinths and moulded caps. There are two gates; one for carriages, and one for pedestrians.[12]
A two-storey farm building in brick with a slate roof. The lower storey is a shippon, the upper storey a hay loft. There are doorways in both storeys, and diamond-shaped ventilators in the upper storey.[14]
This is a cottage in the grounds of Riverside House. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The windows are sashes. Over the doorway is a shield with the Grosvenor sheaf and the date. The cottage is attached to a double coach house with a brick outbuilding. The coach house has two carriage doorways and casement windows.[16]
This is located in the garden of the rectory. It is a small brick building with a T-shaped plan, and has a tiled roof with finials. Its gables are timber-framed. In the walls are slits and entrances for the bees, and a door.[17]
A pair of estate cottages for the 1st Duke of Westminster, probably designed by John Douglas. They are in brick with red tiled roofs, they are symmetrical, and have 1½ storeys. At the front is a shared dormer, flanked by projecting gables containing pargetted panels with floral designs. The mullioned windows contain casements. At the rear of the cottages is a group of single-storey, brick outbuildings, with timber-framedgables and tiled roofs.[22]
A pair of cottages designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They are asymmetrical in 1½ storeys, each with a different design. The cottages are built in brown brick with banding and patterns in blue brick. The roofs are tiled, and have shaped ridge tiles and finials. One cottage has a gable with a dormer, the other has a partly timber-framed half-gable. The windows are mullioned. At the rear is a long brick outbuilding.[5][23]
These are two houses designed by John Douglas as accommodation for servants of the 1st Duke of Westminster. They are in brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof, and form a U-shaped plan. They have 1½ storeys, and are in a free Jacobean style. On the south side are two dormers flanked by gables, all with pinnacles. The windows are mullioned and contain casements.[2][24]
A model farm designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster, consisting of a farmhouse (dated 1880) and farm buildings forming three sides of a quadrangle. They are in brick with half-timberedgables. The farmhouse is symmetrical, in 2½ storeys, with shaped gables. The farm buildings include shippons, haylofts, a barn, a cartshed, stables, and a dovecote with a turret.[27][28][29]
The school was designed by John Douglas and paid for by the 1st Duke of Westminster. It is built in sandstone with a red tiled roof, and has a T-shaped plan. At the north end is an octagonal steeple, and on the roof of the hall is a louvred ventilator. The front gable contains a canopiedniche with a statue of a crowned figure teaching a child.[5][30][31]
This was designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster, and is attached to the school. It is an asymmetrical house mainly in sandstone, with some timber-framing in the upper storey, and some tile-hanging. The windows are mullioned and contain casements. A single-storey stone and brick outbuilding to the rear is included in the listing.[5][32]
A large house in Jacobean style designed by John Douglas for the secretary of the 1st Duke of Westminster. It was altered and extended in 1892–94 by Douglas and Fordham. It is in red brick, with blue brick diapering, stone dressings, and a complex red tiled roof. The house has two storeys and attics, and has shaped brick chimneys. On the north side is a timber-framed porch. The windows are mullioned with casements. Attached to the house are a timber conservatory with an octagonal lantern, and a single-storey stable wing.[2][35][36]
The lodge was designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It is in three storeys, the lowest being in banded stone, and the upper two storeys in diapered brick. The roofs are tiled. The bottom storey consists of an arched gateway with an ornate wrought iron gate. Above this are transomed and mullioned windows, corner tourelles, and a steep hipped roof. To the right of the gatehouse is a two-storey wing.[37][38][39]
A pair of asymmetrical cottages designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They have two storeys, the lower storey being in brick with stone dressings, and the upper storey partly pebbledashed and partly tile-hung. The roofs are tiled. Some of the gables contain ornamental pargeting. The windows are mullioned.[2][40]
A house designed by John Douglas for Cecil Parker, the land agent of the 1st Duke of Westminster. It has 2½ storeys and a basement, the lower storey being in striped stone, and the upper storey in blue diapered red brick. Above this are dormers and gables, and steeply pitched red tiled roofs. At the east corners are circular turrets with conical roofs. The original service block was largely demolished in 1960.[2][41][42]
These were designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They are in red brick with blue brick diapering, stone dressings and red tiled roofs. The gatehouse is in two storeys and has a pyramidal roof over the gateway, and a turret with a conical roof surmounted by lead finials and a weathercock. The office has a single storey, and is in an L-shaped plan.[2][43]
These were designed by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They consist of a two-storey west wing, and a single-storey south wing. Constructed in red brick with stone dressings, they have red tiled roofs. On the ridge of the west wing is a louvred ventilator with a spire. The mullioned windows contain casements.[44]
Four attached cottages forming a U-shaped plan designed by Douglas and Fordham. They are in red-brown brick with blue brick diapering, stone dressings, and red tiled roofs, and have 1½ storeys. The roofs of the central two cottages form a loggia, and both cottages have shaped dormers. The two outer cottages have shaped gables facing the road. The windows are casements, and the brick chimneys are decoratively moulded. To the rear are wash and coal houses, joined to the cottages by a wall with ornate copings and finials.[45][46]
These consist of a pair of carriage gates, pedestrian gates, gate piers, and wing railings, all in wrought and cast iron. The railings stand on sandstoneplinths.[48]
The house has an L-shaped plan, is in two storeys (the upper storey being slightly jettied), and has three bays. It is built in red brick, with blue brick diapering, grey slate roofs, and red tile ridges. It has shaped gables with red terracottacopings. The window surrounds are mullioned, and the windows are casements. The chimneys have spirally moulded flues.[52]
Edward George Hugh, Earl Grosvenor, died at the age of four. The tomb is a bronze enclosure with an openwork surround designed by Detmar Blow and Fernand Billerey. It has panels decorated with various emblems, and at the head are statues of King Edward I, Saint George, and Saint Hugh.[5][56]
A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[57]
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