Frodsham

Frodsham

Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,982. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester...

 is a market town

Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...

 in 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. It stands on the A56 road

A56 road

The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the...

 between Chester

Chester

Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

 and Warrington

Warrington

Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...

 and is bypassed by the M56 motorway

M56 motorway

The M56 Motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. It runs from Junction 4 of the M60 to Dunkirk, Cheshire and is in length. It is often busy with long-distance commuter traffic towards North Wales...

. The Chester–Manchester railway line

Chester to Manchester Line

There are two Chester to Manchester Lines between the cities of Chester and Manchester in North West England.-Description:Both routes to Manchester share the Chester to Crewe line for a short distance to Brook Lane Junction where the Manchester lines diverge to Mickle Trafford at which point the...

 passes through the town. The oldest listed building is the Church of St Lawrence

St Laurence's Church, Frodsham

St Laurence's Church, Frodsham is in Church Road, Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The church stands, not in the centre of the town, but in the elevated area of Overton overlooking the town. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...

, which stands in an elevated position above the town and dates from the late 12th century. The majority of the other listed buildings date from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with three examples (a war memorial and two telephone kiosks) dating from the 20th century. In total there are 61 listed buildings. One of these (the Church of St Lawrence) is recognised by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as satisfying the criteria for Grade I and one (the Old Vicarage) for Grade II*, while the rest are in Grade II.

Key

Grade	Criteria
Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Listed buildings

Name	Photograph	Grade	Date	Location	Refs.
Church of St Lawrence St Laurence's Church, Frodsham St Laurence's Church, Frodsham is in Church Road, Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The church stands, not in the centre of the town, but in the elevated area of Overton overlooking the town. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...			Late 12th century	Church Road 53.2905°N 2.7196°W
44 High Street			16th and 17th century
56 Hillside Road			Early 17th century
Lower Rileybank Farmhouse			Probably early 17th century	Manley Road
Ring O'Bells Inn			17th century	Bellemonte Road 53.2900°N 2.7201°W
Millbank Cottages			17th century	3, 4 and 5 Main Street
47, 49 and 51 Main Street			17th century
53, 55 and 57 Main Street			17th century
Old Hall Hotel			17th century	81 Main Street 53.2952°N 2.7279°W
84 Main Street			17th century
85 and 89 Main Street			17th century
90 Main Street			17th century, refronted early 19th century
Queen's Head Hotel			17th century, refronted probably early 19th century	Main Street
Bear's Paw Hotel			1632, restored 1902–03	Main Street 53.2961°N 2.7259°W
Church House Farmhouse			Late 17th century	Church Road
Stable			Late 17th century	East side of yard behind Queen's Head Hotel, Main Street
Rock Cottage and Rock Farm			1680	Chester Road
Manor Farm haybarn or shippon			17th century and later	Bridge Lane
Five Crosses Farmhouse			c. 1700	Kingsley Road 53.2824°N 2.7075°W
Millbank Farm			18th century or earlier	Main Street
Godscroft Hall Farmhouse			Early 18th century	Godscroft Lane 53.2853°N 2.7467°W
The Old Vicarage			Early 18th century, altered early 19th century, refaced 1872	Vicarage Lane 53.2897°N 2.7170°W
1 Church Street			Mid-18th century	53.2959°N 2.7255°W
4 High Street			Mid-18th century	53.2960°N 2.7253°W
The Paddocks			Mid-18th century	Manley Road
Overton House			Mid-18th century	School Lane
Manor Farm shippon			Late 18th century	Bridge Lane
83 Main Street			Late 18th century
Shippon			Probably late 18th century	30 metres east of Rileybank Farmhouse, Manley Road
Brook Farmhouse			Probably late 18th century	Watery Lane 53.2859°N 2.7007°W
Four boundary stones			c. 1770	South bank of water meadow
Four boundary stones			177(?)	North bank of water meadow
Sundial			1780	St Lawrence's Churchyard 53.2903°N 2.7198°W
Frodsham Lock and Weir			1781	53.2990°N 2.6961°W
Frodsham Weir with flood gates			1785	53.3029°N 2.6948°W
Walls			Georgian	West and north side of garden at Old Hall Hotel 53.2956°N 2.7282°W
Two tide stones			1802 and 1862	Behind Old Hall Hotel
Wright tomb			c. 1806	St Lawrence's Churchyard 53.2904°N 2.7201°W
Manor Farm cottage and coachhouse			Early 19th century	Bridge Lane
Millbank Cottage			Early 19th century	1–2 Main Street
101 and 103 Main Street			Early 19th century
108 and 110 Main Street			Early 19th century
46 and 48 Main Street			Early 19th century
92 Main Street			Early 19th century
L-shaped farm building			Probably early 19th century	Southeast of Riley Bank, Manley Road
The Golden Lion			Late Georgian	Main Street53.2958°N 2.7257°W
Bradley Hall Farmhouse			c. 1820	Bradley Lane 53.2885°N 2.7032°W
Rock Villa			c. 1830	67 High Street
Brook House			c. 1830	38 Main Street
Ashley House			c. 1830	59 Main Street
Frodsham Viaduct			1848	53.3059°N 2.7014°W
Frodsham Railway Station Frodsham railway station Frodsham railway station serves the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The station is managed by Arriva Trains Wales. The station building has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building....			1849	53.2959°N 2.7237°W
Frodsham Bridge			1850	Sutton Causeway 53.3009°N 2.7067°W
Trustees Savings Bank			1852	Main Street
52 Main Street			Mid-19th century
Entry to army premises			Mid-19th century	Adjacent to 52 Main Street
Folly tower			Probably mid-19th century	Southwest of Fox Hill, Tarvin Road
Hand pump			Late 19th century	Front of Lower Riley Bank, Manley Road
War memorial			1919	Overton Hill 53.28821°N 2.72505°W
Telephone kiosk			1927	Church Street 53.295350°N 2.725159°W
Telephone kiosk			1935	Front of 101 and 103 Main Street