Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. Knutsford is south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and 12.5 miles (20 km) south-east of Warrington. The population at the 2011 Census wa ...

is a market town in

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, England. Historically, its two main streets are Princess Street and King Street, which still contain 17th and 18th-century houses and shops, and

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buildings. The prosperity of the town grew with the arrival of the railway, and this resulted in the building of large houses to the south of the town, including the eccentric villas designed by

Richard Harding Watt Richard Harding Watt (1842–1913) was an English designer who worked with four professional architects to create large houses and associated buildings in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. Biography Watt travelled widely and sketched many buildin ...

. This list contains all the structures included in the ''

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'' in Knutsford. There is one listed at Grade I, the 17th-century

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, which is the burial place of the

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. Two

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churches, St John the Baptist, dating from the 18th century and Neoclassical in style, and the 19th-century

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Church of St Cross, are listed at Grade II*, together with five other buildings. The rest of the listed buildings are in Grade II.

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Citations Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knutsford Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire Knutsford

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Listed buildings

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