Hale

Hale, Halton

Hale is a village and civil parish in the Halton unitary authority of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,898....

 is a village in the borough of Halton

Halton (borough)

Halton is a local government district in North West England, with borough status and administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998. It consists of the towns of Widnes and Runcorn and the civil parishes of...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England. In the village are 17 listed buildings. Of these, two are Grade II* and the rest are Grade II; there are no buildings listed at Grade I.

Key

Grade	Criteria
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Listed buildings

Name and Location	Photograph	Grade	Date	Notes
St Mary's Church St Mary's Church, Hale St Mary's Church, Hale is in Church End in the village of Hale, Halton, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building... 53.3325°N 2.7952°W				The tower dates from the 14th century, the rest of the church was built in 1754, the interior was fully restored in 1979–80 after a fire.
Manor House Manor House, Hale The Manor House, Hale is a house in Church End, Hale, a village in the borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.-History:... 53.3339°N 2.7959°W				The house was originally built as a parsonage Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... .
22 High Street 53.3357°N 2.8021°W				A timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...  cottage with a thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates...  roof.
32–34 Town Lane 53.3376°N 2.7976°W				A pair of brick-built cottages.
4-6 Hale Road 53.3367°N 2.8051°W				A pair of thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates...  lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick cottages.
14 Church End 53.3339°N 2.7974°W				A cottage, formerly timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... , now lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick with a thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates...  roof.
16-20 Church End 53.3337°N 2.7968°W				A row of three cottages, formerly timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... , now lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick with thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates...  roofs.
Old School House, 4 High Street 53.3363°N 2.8039°W				A two-storey brick building surmounted by a cupola Cupola In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.... .
39-43 High Street 53.3356°N 2.8008°W				Three joined brick buildings with a slate roof.
45-51 High Street 53.3354°N 2.8004°W				A pair of lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick cottages with slate roofs.
46 High Street 53.3352°N 2.8004°W				A lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick single-storey cottage with a stone plinth Plinth In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests. Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests... .
42-44 High Street 53.3353°N 2.8006°W				Two joined lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick two-storey cottages.
2-2A Church End 53.3349°N 2.7989°W				A lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  brick two-storey house.
38-40 High Street 53.3354°N 2.8010°W				A pair of lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  two-storey cottages with slate roofs, each of one bay with a gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... .
55-59 High Street 53.3352°N 2.7996°W				Three joined lime-washed Whitewash Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a very low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk . Various other additives are also used...  cottages in one storey with attics.
Ice house 53.3319°N 2.8053°W				The ice house of the former Hale Hall (now demolished) in brick under an earth mound.
Lighthouse 53.3225°N 2.7941°W				A disused lighthouse Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....  built in brick with a metal roof.

External links

This link is to a booklet produced by Halton Borough Council (in PDF format) which gives full details of the buildings in this list. It is easier to navigate than Images of England

Images of England

rightImages of England is an online photographic record of all the listed buildings in England at the date of February 2001. The archive gives access to over 323,000 colour images, each of which is matched with the item’s listed designation architectural description.This ‘snapshot’ is not an...

and is comprehensive.

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