The parish is in the Lune Valley to the east of Lancaster, and contains the village of Halton-on-Lune and the settlement of Aughton. Much of the parish is rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, and farmhouses and farm buildings. The Midland Railway, its lines now disused, passed through the parish, and two of its bridges are listed. Passing through the western extremity of the parish is the Lancaster Canal, and an aqueduct and a bridge associated with this are listed. The other listed buildings include a church and associated structures, a mausoleum, a public house, and a bridge over the River Lune.
The oldest part of the church is the tower, the remainder being rebuilt in 1876–77 by Paley and Austin. It is in sandstone with a red tiled roof, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a chancel, and a west tower. On the south side is a two-storey porch with applied timber-framing. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, and a battlementedparapet with pinnacles. Inside the church are fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture.[2][3]
The farmhouse was extended by the addition of a wing later in the 17th century, giving it a T-shaped plan. The house is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys with attics and cellars. The windows are mullioned, the mullions in the original part being in wood and in the later part in stone. The doorway and cellar window have architraves. Inside the house is a timber-framed wall with an ogee doorhead, and a bressumer. There is a fragment of a Saxon cross incorporated into the inner wall of the porch.[4][5]
The sundial is in the churchyard of St Wilfrid's Church, and was moved to its present position in 1891. It has a sandstone base of three shaped pieces, an inscribed brass plate, and a broken gnomon.[7]
A stone house with a slate roof, it was originally cruck-built with a single storey. The house has been raised to two storeys, and the mullions have been removed from the windows. The upper floor windows and the doorway are modern.[8]
The house has a barn to the left, and another lower barn to the right that has been incorporated into the house. They are in sandstone with slate roofs. The house has two storeys and an attic. Most of the windows are mullioned, and there are some modern casement windows. On the front is a gabled porch. The barn to the left has two large segmental-arched openings, one of which ash been blocked to form a doorway.[9][10]
The original county house was largely rebuilt and extended in about 1870 in a similar style. It has two storeys and a front of five bays, with a later cross-wing on the right. The windows are mullioned or transomed.[4][11]
The farmhouse is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof, and has two storeys with an attic and a cellar. At the rear is a later wing. The windows are mullioned. In the north gable end is a doorway with mouldedjambs, and a shaped lintel inscribed with the date and initials.[12][13]
A stone house with a slate roof in two storeys. There is a three-light chamferedmullioned window in each floor, and a doorway with a plain surround to the left.[14]
A sandstone house with a slate roof, it is in two storeys and has a five-bay front. In the centre is a later gabled porch. Some of the windows are mullioned, some have lost their mullions, and others are modern replacements.[9][15]
The house is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan, two storeys with attics, and a symmetrical five-bay front. The doorway has mouldedjambs and an ornate lintel. All the windows on the front are cross windows. There is a continuous hood mould above the openings on both floors. In the rear wing are some mullioned windows.[4][16]
The sandstone farmhouse with a stone-slate roof was extended to the west in the 18th century. It has two storeys and contains mullioned windows. To the right is an outshut with a doorway, above which is a re-set shaped lintel with initials and a date. Further to the right is a barn.[17]
A pebbledashed stone house with a slate roof, in two storeys. In the centre is a modern gabled porch. The windows are mullioned, with some mullions removed. Inside the house is a bressumer.[18]
This possibly originated as a granary and stables. It is in sandstone and has two storeys. There are three doorways and two windows in the south front; the north front is blank. On the west gable end is a flight of external steps leading to a first floor doorway.[12][19]
The farmhouse was extended in the early 20th century. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys with an attic and a cellar. Above the chamfered doorway is a decorated and dated lintel. The cellar window is mullioned, but the other windows have either lost their mullions, or are modern.[20]
A farmhouse in sandstone with a slate roof, it has two storeys and three bays. The central doorway is flanked by tall windows of a later date. The upper floor windows have lost their mullions.[21]
A sandstone farmhouse with a modern tiled roof, in two storeys with an attic. The windows are mullioned, but some mullions have been lost. Above the doorway is a battlementedlintel inscribed with initials and the date.[22]
The house was extended in 1894, and again later. It is in sandstone with a stone-slate roof. The original part has a T-shaped plan, with a main block and a rear wing. There are two storeys with attics and a five-bay front. Above the central doorway is a battlementedlintel inscribed with initials and the date, and to the left of the doorway is a cantedbay window. The windows are mullioned. A battlemented and dated lintel has been re-set in the later extension.[12][23]
The house is in pebbledashed stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys with an attic, and a three-bay front. The ground floor windows are mullioned, and the upper windows are later casements. The doorway has a moulded surround and a segmental arched head.[24]
A sandstone house with a slate roof in two storeys with two bays. Some of the windows are fixed; on the front there are also mullioned windows, and at the rear are sashes. There are two recesses that may have been bee boles.[26]
The house has incorporated some 17th-century material. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a main block and a wing to the west. There are two storeys, and the windows are mullioned. In the angle between the main block and the wing is a lintel with a date and initials, and the right hand mouldedjamb of a previous doorway.[27]
The farmhouse was extended later in the 18th century. It is in two parts, in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The windows are mullioned. The surround of one doorway is moulded, and the other is chamfered.[28]
A stone house with a pebbledashed front and a slate roof that was extended to the right in the late 19th century. It has two storeys and four bays. The windows are mullioned, and the gabled porch has carved bargeboards.[29]
Originating as the coach house to Halton Hall, it has been converted for domestic use. The house is in sandstone with a slate roof, in two storeys and with three bays. Flanking the central block are lower wings and tall concave walls. In the ground floor are three blocked arches with raised keystones and an impost band. Two of the arches contain windows, and the larger central arch contains a doorway. All the windows are 20th-century casements.[31][32]
The barn is in sandstone and cobbles with a slate roof. There is a wide entrance with a segmental head in the west wall, and a threshing door opposite. To the south is a wider shippon with three doors.[35]
A sandstone house with a slate roof, in two storeys with a cellar. To the right of the doorway is a re-used 17th-century mullioned window. The cellar has two segmental-headed doorways. The other windows are also mullioned.[36]
The buildings are in sandstone with slate roofs. The house has three storeys, three bays, and a battlementedparapet. The windows are sashes, the outer ones in the middle floor having mouldedcornices, and the central window has a moulded pediment. To the rear the house extends with two bays in two storeys, followed by the former stables. At the south is a smaller three-storey battlemented tower.[37][38]
The gate piers are at an entrance to the churchyard. They are in sandstone and have a square plan. There are round-headed niches on two sides of each pier, and at the top is a flutedfrieze, a mouldedcornice, and a pyramidal cap. The gates are in wrought iron.[39]
A stone public house, pebbledashed at the front, with a slate roof. It has 2+1⁄2 storeys and a three-bay front. The doorway and windows have plain surrounds, the windows being sashes. To the right is the former coach house that has a small window, a stable door, and a cart entrance with a segmental head.[12][40]
The gate piers are at the main entrance to the churchyard. They are in sandstone and have a square plan with alternative rustication. Each pier has a cornice and a pyramidal cap.[41]
The house is in sandstone with a slate roof, in two storeys and with three bays. The doorways and windows have plain surrounds, and the windows are either sashes or fixed. At the rear is a tall stair window, and an external flight of stairs leading to a first floor doorway.[44]
A sandstone house with a slate roof, in two storeys with a cellar and a symmetrical three-bay front. The windows have plain surrounds. Five steps lead up to the doorway that has a shouldered architrave, flutedpilaster strips, moulded brackets, and a triangular pediment.[45]
This was originally the boathouse for Halton Hall, and was extended in 1939, using material from the hall, for domestic use, while retaining the boathouse on the ground floor. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys. At the entrance to the boathouse is a wide pointed arch, and above it is a cantedoriel window. In the gable are shaped bargeboards with a finial and pendants. Elsewhere is a doorway and mullioned windows, all with triangular heads.[12][46]
The barn is in sandstone with a slate roof and has two storeys. All fronts are symmetrical, and there are various openings, including ventilation slits. In the upper storey is a threshing door, above which is an inscribed plaque. There are Gothic features, including the copings, and a trefoil-headed owl hole in the apex of each gable.[4][47]
The cottage forms a lodge at the entrance to the drive to the house. It is in sandstone with a hippedslate roof, and has a single storey. Facing the drive is a cantedbay window. The timber porch has carved bargeboards and the windows are mullioned.[4][50]
At the entrance to the drive are six piers, and two low convex walls with cast iron railings. The piers and walls are in sandstone. The piers are similar, each with an octagonal shaft decorated with gablets and panels, and with a castellated top.[51]
The bridge, crossing the River Lune, and now disused, was built for the Midland Railway. It consists of five segmental iron arches, with piers and abutments in sandstone. In the spandrels of the arches are roundels, and the bridge has an iron lattice-work parapet. Timber beams support the deck.[52]
The bridge was built for the Midland Railway, but is no longer in use. It consists of six segmental iron arches carried on rectangular sandstonepiers and with sandstone abutments. The deck is supported by timber beams. In the spandrels of the arches are roundels, and the parapet is an iron lattice.[53]
The bridge, designed by E. G. Paley replaced an earlier bridge that collapsed in 1881. It carries Low Road over the River Lune. The bridge is in sandstone and consists of three elliptical arches carrying a flat deck. It has rounded cutwaters, projecting voussoirs, and a balustradedparapet.[54][55]
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