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Listed buildings in Manchester-M11

Manchester is a city in Northwest England. The M11 postcode area of the city includes the suburb of Clayton. This postcode area contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Most of the listed buildings in the area are associated with the Ashton Canal, which runs through it; these consists of locks, bridges, and a lock keeper's cottage. The other listed buildings are a former manor house, a bridge in the grounds of the manor house, two churches, and a school.


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Grade Criteria[1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

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Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
Bridge No. 9, Ashton Canal
53°29′09″N 2°11′52″W / 53.48576°N 2.19790°W / 53.48576; -2.19790 (Bridge No. 9, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1800 (probable) The bridge carries the A6010 road over the canal. It is in brick with some sandstone, and consists of a horizontal span with cast iron beams and concrete flags. The walls have coping and piers in gritstone, and broad pilasters.[2] II
Bridge over moat, Clayton Hall
53°29′00″N 2°10′49″W / 53.48324°N 2.18018°W / 53.48324; -2.18018 (Bridge over moat, Clayton Hall)
 
 17th century (probable) The bridge over the moat, now dry, is in sandstone. It consists of two segmental arches with bands, a central pier rising to form a refuge, parapets with stone benches, and stone gate posts at the inner end.[3][4] II
Church of St Cross, Clayton
53°29′00″N 2°10′55″W / 53.48346°N 2.18195°W / 53.48346; -2.18195 (Church of St Cross)
 
 1863–66 The church was designed by William Butterfield in Gothic Revival style. It is built in red brick, with bands in blue brick and sandstone, blue brick diapering, sandstone dressings, and slate roofs. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, a west narthex, north and south aisles, a chancel with low transepts, and a southwest tower with a south porch. The tower has angle buttresses, and a pyramidal roof.[5][6] II*
Clayton Hall
53°29′01″N 2°10′48″W / 53.48366°N 2.18011°W / 53.48366; -2.18011 (Clayton Hall)
 
 15th century (probable) A former manor house on a moated site, later altered and extended, and divided into two dwellings. It is in two parts, with two storeys, and each part has three bays and a stone-slate roof. The older part is in red brick with the upper storey timber framed. The central bay projects, it has a jettied gable, and a bellcote on the ridge. On the ground floor is a doorway and a casement window, and above the windows are mullioned. The later part is in brick with quoins, a segmental-headed doorway, and casement windows. Inside are timber framed partitions. The hall stands on a moated site, the moat now dry, which is a scheduled monument.[7][8][9] II*
Lock keeper's cottage
53°29′08″N 2°11′51″W / 53.48568°N 2.19747°W / 53.48568; -2.19747 (Lock keeper's cottage)
 
 1865 The cottage is to the south of lock No. 7 of the Ashton Canal. It is in brown brick, with a sill band in black and white brick, sandstone dressings, and a slate roof. It has a double-depth plan, two storeys, and a symmetrical two-bay front. On the front is a gabled porch with a dated lintel, and the windows are casements with large lintels.[10] II
Lock No. 6, Ashton Canal
53°29′09″N 2°11′56″W / 53.48572°N 2.19896°W / 53.48572; -2.19896 (Lock No. 6, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit and some brick, and has wooden gates. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is a covered overflow channel on the south side, and stone staircases at the lower end on the west side. There is an extended bullnose at the top end of the island.[11] II
Lock No. 7 and roving bridge,
Ashton Canal
53°29′09″N 2°11′51″W / 53.48579°N 2.19748°W / 53.48579; -2.19748 (Lock No. 7 and roving bridge, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit, it has wooden gates, and the chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. Over the lower entry is a roving bridge that has a cobbled doglegged ramp on north side, a stone slab wall and cast iron fences.[12] II
Lock No. 8, Ashton Canal
53°28′58″N 2°11′16″W / 53.48271°N 2.18791°W / 53.48271; -2.18791 (Lock No. 8, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit and some brick, and has wooden gates. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is an overflow channel on the north side, and stone staircases flanking the lower end.[13] II
Lock No. 9, Ashton Canal
53°28′52″N 2°11′00″W / 53.48114°N 2.18330°W / 53.48114; -2.18330 (Lock No. 9, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit, and has wooden gates, double at the lower end and single at the upper end. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is a covered overflow channel on the north side, and a bullnose at the lower end, rebuilt in blue engineering brick.[14] II
Lock No. 10, Ashton Canal
53°28′51″N 2°10′48″W / 53.48074°N 2.17996°W / 53.48074; -2.17996 (Lock No. 10, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit and some brick, with replacements in sandstone, and has wooden gates, double at the lower end and single at the upper end. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is an overflow channel on the north side, and stone staircases at the lower end on the south side.[15] II
Lock No. 11, Ashton Canal
53°28′49″N 2°10′37″W / 53.48036°N 2.17696°W / 53.48036; -2.17696 (Lock No. 11, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit and some brick, with replacements in sandstone, and has wooden gates, double at the lower end and single at the upper end. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is an overflow channel on the north side, and a stone staircase at the lower end on the south side.[16] II
Lock No. 12, Ashton Canal
53°28′49″N 2°10′30″W / 53.48015°N 2.17512°W / 53.48015; -2.17512 (Lock No. 12, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1792–99 The lock is in millstone grit and has wooden gates, double at the lower end and single at the upper end. The chamber is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, there is an overflow channel on the north side, and stone staircases at the lower end.[17] II
Towpath bridge, Ashton Canal
53°28′49″N 2°10′41″W / 53.48036°N 2.17807°W / 53.48036; -2.17807 (Towpath bridge, Ashton Canal)
 
 c. 1800 (probable) The bridge carries the towpath of the canal over the entrance to the Stockport Branch of the canal, now disused. It is in red brick and sandstone with cast iron beams, and consists of a horizontal span with long abutments. The deck is cobbled, and the parapets have ridged coping.[18] II
St Willibrord's Church
53°29′08″N 2°10′38″W / 53.48564°N 2.17716°W / 53.48564; -2.17716 (St Willibrord's Church)
 
 1938 A Roman Catholic church built in buff brick and in Byzantine style. It consists of a nave with a west narthex and a south porch, north and south aisles, north chapels and vestry, a chancel with an apse, and a low square central tower. The aisles have three gables on each side, and contain round-headed lancet windows in blank arches. The tower contains a band of small rectangular windows, and its base is splayed. Inside the church are three sail domes.[19][20] II
Varna Street School
53°28′10″N 2°10′08″W / 53.46944°N 2.16877°W / 53.46944; -2.16877 (Varna Street School)
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 1896–97 The school has an iron frame with brick cladding, stone dressings, string courses, and shaped gables. It is in Flemish Renaissance style, it has three storeys and a basement, and consists of a central block with flanking pavilions. The doorways have triangular pediments, above them is lettering, and the windows are sash windows.[21] II

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  1. ^ Historic England
  2. ^ Historic England & 1279613
  3. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 365
  4. ^ Historic England & 1197796
  5. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), pp. 362–363
  6. ^ Historic England & 1283072
  7. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), pp. 365–366
  8. ^ Historic England & 1197795
  9. ^ Historic England & 1009339
  10. ^ Historic England & 1283049
  11. ^ Historic England & 1207666
  12. ^ Historic England & 1197831
  13. ^ Historic England & 1279617
  14. ^ Historic England & 1197832
  15. ^ Historic England & 1207712
  16. ^ Historic England & 1283050
  17. ^ Historic England & 1279629
  18. ^ Historic England & 1197794
  19. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 363
  20. ^ Historic England & 1246271
  21. ^ Historic England & 1403128

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