Rainow is a
civil parish in
Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Co ...
, England. It contains 69 buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as designated
listed buildings. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. Apart from the village of Rainow, the parish is now rural, although in the past there has been industry in the form of small mills. One of the listed buildings is a former water mill, but most are
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
s and associated structures, smaller houses and cottages, and farmhouses with farm buildings. Otherwise the listed buildings are milestones, mile posts, boundary stones,
weirs, a bridge, a
folly,
stocks
Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. The law describing ...
, and two churches.
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Listed buildings in Bollington
Bollington is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 66 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to l ...
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Listed buildings in Higher Hurdsfield
Higher Hurdsfield is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest ...
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Listed buildings in Kettleshulme
Kettleshulme is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 18 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure ...
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Listed buildings in Lyme Handley
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Listed buildings in Macclesfield
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Listed buildings in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 28 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade ...
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Listed buildings in Pott Shrigley
Pott Shrigley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, one is li ...
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Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire