Malpas, Cheshire
Malpas is an ancient market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Malpas is now referred to as a village after losing its town status. It lies near the borde ...
, has many
listed building
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s; part of the town is in a
Conservation area
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.
There is one building at Grade I, one at Grade II*, two gateways are also Grade II*, and many more buildings are Grade II.
Grade I
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Church of Saint Oswald, Church Street
Image:St oswalds malpas from sw.JPG, St Oswald's Church from the SW
Image:St oswalds malpas from se.JPG, St Oswald's Church from the SE
Image:St oswalds malpas se gates.JPG, St Oswald's Church, gates from the SE
Image:St oswalds malpas se gates-detail.JPG, St Oswald's Church, detail of gate from the SE
Grade II*
*The Old Printing House, Church Street, according to
English Heritage
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The charity states that i ...
, is an 'unusual classical treatment of a small building'. It was built on a sandstone bedrock
plinth
A pedestal (from French ''piédestal'', Italian ''piedistallo'' 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In c ...
in 1733. It was listed as Grade II* in 1952. The front gable carries a stone depicting the
Cholmondeley Griffin. In the Cheshire volume of ''The Buildings of England'',
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
notes it as "dated 1733 but is in the style of the late C17".
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Gates, South East corner of Saint Oswald's churchyard
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Gates, South West corner of Saint Oswald's churchyard
Grade II
See also
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Listed buildings in Bradley
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Listed buildings in Chorlton
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Listed buildings in Cuddington
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Listed buildings in Hampton
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Listed buildings in Overton
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Listed buildings in Shocklach Oviatt
Shocklach Oviatt is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Shocklach Oviatt and District, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains three buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed bu ...
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Listed buildings in Threapwood
Threapwood is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains three buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed s ...
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Listed buildings in Tilston
Tilston is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed s ...
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Listed buildings in Tushingham cum Grindley
Tushingham cum Grindley is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 15 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England ...
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Listed buildings in Wigland
Wigland is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains three buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed str ...
References
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Listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire
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