Listed buildings in Walton-le-Dale

Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. In the area close to it are the settlements of Higher Walton, Walton Summit, Bamber Bridge, and Gregson Lane. This area contains 34 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, six are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The area is partly residential and partly rural. Its listed buildings include churches and associated structures, houses, farmhouses and farm buildings, public houses, and a war memorial.

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Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Leonard's Church 53°44′52″N 2°40′00″W / 53.74764°N 2.66655°W / 53.74764; -2.66655 (St Leonard's Church)		Medieval	The church is in stone with a embattled parapet.[2][3]	II*
Pickerings Farmhouse 53°43′40″N 2°40′56″W / 53.72776°N 2.68215°W / 53.72776; -2.68215 (Pickerings Farmhouse)		17th century or earlier	The farmhouse was extended to the right in the 18th century. It is in brick on a stone bressumer.[4]	II
Crow Trees 53°42′54″N 2°38′14″W / 53.71488°N 2.63734°W / 53.71488; -2.63734 (Crow Trees)	—	Early 17th century or earlier	A brick house with stone dressings and a bressumer.[5]	II*
Old Lemon House 53°43′14″N 2°38′55″W / 53.72061°N 2.64856°W / 53.72061; -2.64856 (Old Lemon House)	—	Early 17th century	Originally a farmhouse, later used as a house and an office, it is in brick, partly quoins and dressings. The house has an L-shaped plan with three bays, the left bay forming a forward cross wing. The windows are mullioned. Inside the house is an inglenook with a bressummer.[6]	II
Todd Hall 53°43′43″N 2°40′51″W / 53.72868°N 2.68077°W / 53.72868; -2.68077 (Todd Hall)		1630	A brick house on a stone bressumer, and a spiral staircase.[7]	II*
Bank Head Farmhouse 53°43′41″N 2°37′50″W / 53.72808°N 2.63062°W / 53.72808; -2.63062 (Bank Head Farmhouse)		1639	A stone house, lintel. The ground floor windows are mullioned, and the other windows on the front are casements. At the rear, three windows are mullioned, and the others are top-hung casements.[8]	II
Arrowsmith House 53°44′01″N 2°37′06″W / 53.73363°N 2.61827°W / 53.73363; -2.61827 (Arrowsmith House)		17th century	A house mainly in stone, with some brick, on a timber-framed partitions.[9][10]	II*
Lime Kiln Farmhouse 53°44′08″N 2°40′53″W / 53.73552°N 2.68125°W / 53.73552; -2.68125 (Lime Kiln Farmhouse)		17th century	The farmhouse is in brick, rendered at the front and sides, with a roof partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. The original house had two bays, and a three-bay extension facing west was added later. It is in two storeys and has a gabled brick porch. The windows are casements.[11]	II
Seed Lee Farmhouse 53°43′10″N 2°37′57″W / 53.71943°N 2.63248°W / 53.71943; -2.63248 (Seed Lee Farmhouse)	—	17th century (probable)	A bressumers.[12][13]	II*
Unicorn Inn 53°44′48″N 2°40′24″W / 53.74660°N 2.67329°W / 53.74660; -2.67329 (Unicorn Inn)		17th century	The inn has been extended on a number of occasions, giving it a T-shaped plan. The "leg" has one storey, and the other parts are in 1+1⁄2 and two storeys. The building is pebbledashed with a roof of concrete slates and other materials. Some windows are sashes, and others are casements. At the rear is a mounting block built into the wall.[14]	II
Ye Olde Hob Inn 53°43′18″N 2°39′44″W / 53.72167°N 2.66215°W / 53.72167; -2.66215 (Ye Olde Hob Inn)		17th century	A public house in stone, the lower storey pebbledashed and the upper storey rendered with applied timber, and with a thatched roof. It has two low storeys and five bays, the two bays on the right having been added later. On the left corner is a four-step mounting block. The windows in the first three bays have been altered, those in the upper floor being oriels. The other bays have rectangular windows in the ground floor and casements above.[15]	II
Higher Seed Lee Farmhouse 53°43′15″N 2°37′55″W / 53.72092°N 2.63198°W / 53.72092; -2.63198 (Higher Seed Lee Farmhouse)	—	Mid 17th century (probable)	A stone farmhouse with a timber-framed partitions.[12][16]	II
Higher Shuttling Fields Farmhouse 53°43′58″N 2°38′13″W / 53.73290°N 2.63701°W / 53.73290; -2.63701 (Higher Shuttling Fields Farmhouse)	—	c. 1660	A brick farmhouse on a stone timber-framed partitions in the upper floor.[17]	II
Osbaldeston House 53°44′46″N 2°38′59″W / 53.74621°N 2.64979°W / 53.74621; -2.64979 (Osbaldeston House)		1661	The house is in brick on a stone quoins and mullioned windows. In the outer angle between the ranges is a two-storey gabled porch, with the ground floor in stone containing a chamfered doorway, over which is a datestone and a mullioned window. The later range has two storeys and contains sash windows.[18][19]	II*
The Cottage 53°44′45″N 2°40′27″W / 53.74575°N 2.67419°W / 53.74575; -2.67419 (The Cottage)		1675	A house in bressumer.[20]	II
New House Farmhouse 53°43′42″N 2°38′43″W / 53.72827°N 2.64516°W / 53.72827; -2.64516 (New House Farmhouse)		1697	The house is lintel which carries an inscription, and a hood mould. To the right the windows are casements, and elsewhere they have been altered. At the rear is another porch, and more altered windows.[21]	II
Barn, Cooper House Farm 53°44′11″N 2°37′35″W / 53.73646°N 2.62650°W / 53.73646; -2.62650 (Barn, Cooper House Farm)		c. 1700	The barn is in brick with stone dressings, including quoins, and has a stone-slate roof. It contains a wagon entrance, a doorway, windows, and ventilation slits.[22]	II
Cooper House Farmhouse, wall and gate piers 53°44′12″N 2°37′37″W / 53.73656°N 2.62687°W / 53.73656; -2.62687 (Cooper House Farmhouse)		1711	The farmhouse is in brick, bressumer. In front of the house is a stone garden wall with rounded coping and ball finials, and two square gate piers with large capitals, also with ball finials.[23]	II
Barn and yard wall, Old Lemon House 53°43′13″N 2°38′53″W / 53.72038°N 2.64818°W / 53.72038; -2.64818 (Barn and yard wall, Old Lemon House)	—	Early 18th century (probable)	The barn is mainly in brick, with a stone quoins, and end walls, and it has a roof of felted stone-slate. There are five bays, and the barn contains a wagon door, various windows, a circular pitching hole, and ventilation holes in diamond patterns. Attached to a corner of the barn is a stone wall with rounded coping, ending in a round-headed gatepost.[24]	II
Farm building, Old Lemon House 53°43′13″N 2°38′54″W / 53.72027°N 2.64847°W / 53.72027; -2.64847 (Farm building, Old Lemon House)	—	Early 18th century	The building, probably a stable, was later extended. It is in stone and brick, with a stone quoins, and dressings, and has a roof of corrugated sheeting. The building has two storeys and four bays, the fourth bay having been added later, and it contains doorways and windows. The yard wall is included in the listing.[25]	II
Barn, Pickering's Farm 53°43′40″N 2°40′55″W / 53.72780°N 2.68182°W / 53.72780; -2.68182 (Barn, Pickering's Farm)		18th century (probable)	A former barn in brick on a stone quoins, and a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan with a main range of four bays and an outshut to the rear. The barn contains a wagon doorway with an elliptical arch, windows, doorways, and ventilation slits.[a][26]	II
Barn, Todd Hall 53°43′43″N 2°40′49″W / 53.72856°N 2.68037°W / 53.72856; -2.68037 (Barn, Todd Hall)		18th century (probable)	The former barn is in brick with a stone-slate roof and has four bays. It contains wagon entrances, modern windows, and a blocked owl hole in the apex of the left gable.[b][27]	II
Walton Bridge 53°45′11″N 2°40′47″W / 53.75296°N 2.67963°W / 53.75296; -2.67963 (Walton Bridge)		1779–81	The bridge carries the A6 road over the River Ribble. It was designed by J. S. and R. Laws, and was widened between 1939 and 1950. The bridge is built in sandstone and consists of three long segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs. It has V-shaped cutwaters with pilasters above, a dentilled cornice, and a plain parapet with rounded coping.[28]	II
Sundial 53°44′51″N 2°39′59″W / 53.74744°N 2.66650°W / 53.74744; -2.66650 (Sundial)	—	1788	The sundial is in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church. It is in stone, stands on a square base, and consists of a pedestal that has a moulded foot, fluting towards the top and a moulded capital. On the top is a brass inscribed plate, and a scrolled gnomon.[29]According to a church warden, who was asked as to the whereabouts of the sundial, it was stolen some time ago, and its location is currently unknown.	II
Black Brook House 53°44′20″N 2°37′24″W / 53.73899°N 2.62343°W / 53.73899; -2.62343 (Black Brook House)	—	18th or early 19th century	The house is in balustraded terrace.[30]	II
Yew Tree Inn 53°44′59″N 2°40′29″W / 53.74974°N 2.67475°W / 53.74974; -2.67475 (Sundial)	—	Late 18th or early 19th century	A public house in rendered brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has three storeys and a symmetrical five-bay front. In the centre is a doorcase that has pilasters, an open pediment and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. All the windows on the front are tall casements.[31]	II
Squash Club and Parish Rooms 53°44′51″N 2°40′02″W / 53.74757°N 2.66732°W / 53.74757; -2.66732 (Parish Rooms)	—	1835	Originally a National School, later extended and used for other purposes. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, in two storeys. There is a front of six bays with extensions at the front and to the right. In the centre is a wide two-bay gabled porch that has two doorways with arched heads and with blank shields above. The windows are mullioned and in Tudor style. Extensions include a squash club at the rear.[32][33]	II
Watch house 53°44′52″N 2°39′58″W / 53.74782°N 2.66599°W / 53.74782; -2.66599 (Watch house)		1835	The watch house is in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, and is in stone with a roof of corrugated sheet. It is built on a sloping site, with two storeys to the road and one to the churchyard. Facing the road is a carriage door that has an arched head with a keystone. In the rear wall is a semicircular doorway with a dated keystone.[32][34]	II
St Saviour's Church 53°43′11″N 2°39′36″W / 53.71970°N 2.66004°W / 53.71970; -2.66004 (St Saviour's Church)		1836–37	The church was designed by wheel windows in the transepts.[35][36]	II
St. Saviour's Church of England School 53°43′12″N 2°39′33″W / 53.71989°N 2.65926°W / 53.71989; -2.65926 (St. Saviour's School)	—	1839–40	The school is Lombard frieze. It is in stone with a slate roof, a single storey, and a front of ten bays. There are three parallel ridges, forming three gables at the left end. In the fifth bay is a projecting gabled entrance with a central round-headed doorway flanked by smaller round-headed openings. Above are three stepped windows. The other windows on the front are mullioned.[35][37]	II
All Saints Church 53°44′27″N 2°38′26″W / 53.74088°N 2.64064°W / 53.74088; -2.64064 (All Saints Church)		1861–64	The church was designed by Paley and Austin. It is in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south aisle under a septate roof, a chancel with a three-sided apse, a north transept, a sacristy, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with diagonal buttresses, a stair turret on the north side, a west window, and a broach spire with clock gablets.[32][38]	II
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary 53°43′50″N 2°40′03″W / 53.73042°N 2.66758°W / 53.73042; -2.66758 (Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary)		1867–68	The oldest part of the Early English style. The church is in stone with a slate roof, and consists of a south steeple, a nave with double transepts, and a chancel with a polygonal apse encircled by an ambulatory. The steeple has a three-stage tower, with angle buttresses, a south doorway, and a broach spire. There are three altars, each with an ornate reredos.[35][39]	II
Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick 53°44′45″N 2°39′52″W / 53.74590°N 2.66435°W / 53.74590; -2.66435 (Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick)		1880	A baptistry. Inside the church are elaborately decorated altars and reredoses.[32][40]	II
War memorial 53°44′45″N 2°39′53″W / 53.74587°N 2.66475°W / 53.74587; -2.66475 (War memorial)		1920	The war memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of Our Lady and St. Patrick, and is in plinth and a square base. On the plinth are panels with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[41]	II

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