Great Sankey is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England, and is a suburb to the west of the town of Warrington. It contains seven buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings, applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish is almost completely residential. The listed buildings consist of a church and a sundial in its churchyard, a railway station, a mounting block, a former pillbox, and two milestones.
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| Sundial 53°23′28″N 2°38′59″W / 53.39104°N 2.64961°W |
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1721 | The sundial stands in the churchyard of St Mary's church, to the southeast of the porch. It consists of a copper dial and gnomon set on a circular concrete baluster that dates probably from the 19th century. The dial and gnomon are now missing. This stands on a hexagonal stone memorial base.[2] |
| St Mary's Church 53°23′28″N 2°38′59″W / 53.3912°N 2.6497°W |
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1767–69 | The original part of the church is the body with its polygonal west end. The west turret was added in 1868–69, and the chancel and porch, by William Owen, were built in 1883. The turret has a clock face on each side, an octagonal timber bell stage, and a lead-covered spire with a ball finial. The church is constructed in brick on a sandstone plinth, with stone dressings and a slate roof. The sides of the nave are battlemented.[3][4] |
| Milestone 53°23′13″N 2°38′20″W / 53.38687°N 2.63895°W |
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Early to mid-19th century | A whitewashed triangular stone milestone on the south side of Liverpool Road, with a flat top. It has an Ordnance Survey benchmark on the top, and is inscribed with the distances in miles to Prescot, Liverpool and Warrington.[5] |
| Milestone 53°23′39″N 2°40′22″W / 53.39412°N 2.67270°W |
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Mid-19th century (probable) | A triangular stone milestone on the south side of the A57 road, with a flat top and a rounded front corner. It has an Ordnance Survey benchmark on the top, and is inscribed with the distances in miles to Prescot, Liverpool and Warrington.[6] |
| Sankey railway station 53°23′32″N 2°39′02″W / 53.3922°N 2.6505°W |
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c.1870 | Built for the Cheshire Lines Committee, the station is constructed in brick with slate roofs. It is in one storey with a cross wing at each end; the west wing (originally the stationmaster's house) has two storeys, and the east wing has a single storey. A three-bay canopy carried on octagonal cast iron columns stretches between the cross wings.[7][8] |
| Mounting block 53°23′34″N 2°39′51″W / 53.39280°N 2.66415°W |
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Mid- to late 19th century | The mounting block is a sandstone monolith with two steps at each end. It has an inscription on its north face.[9] |
| Pickett-Hamilton Fort 53°24′26″N 2°39′05″W / 53.40723°N 2.65145°W |
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c. 1940 | A surviving pillbox on the site of the former RAF Burtonwood base. It is a defensive structure in concrete and steel, and has a circular plan. The pillbox consists of two circular concrete cylinders, the inner one higher and containing three rectangular loopholes, and on the lid is a manhole with a steel cover. Some of the internal mechanism is still present.[10] |
See also
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- ^ Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 1 April 2015
- ^ Historic England, "Sundial south-east of Porch, St Mary's Churchyard, Great Sankey (1230624)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 631
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Great Sankey (1230723)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Historic England, "Milestone, Great Sankey (1392443)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Historic England, "Milestone, Great Sankey (1230786)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 632
- ^ Historic England, "Sankey railway station (1230788)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Historic England, "Mounting block, Great Sankey (1393568)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 February 2013
- ^ Historic England, "Pickett-Hamilton Fort, Great Sankey (1464711)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 January 2020
Sources
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5