Listed buildings in Marthall

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Marthall is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains four buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] Apart from the village of Marthall, the parish is rural. The listed buildings consist of three farmhouses and a milepost.

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Fir Tree Farmhouse
53°16′41″N 2°16′38″W / 53.27793°N 2.27719°W / 53.27793; -2.27719 (Fir Tree Farmhouse)
Late 17th to early 18th century The farmhouse is built in brick and has a slate roof. It is in three storeys and has a three-bay front with a central porch. The windows are casements, those in the bottom and middle storeys having cambered heads, and those in the top storey with straight lintels.[2]
Kell Green Hall Farmhouse
53°17′20″N 2°17′56″W / 53.28886°N 2.29878°W / 53.28886; -2.29878 (Kell Green Hall Farmhouse)
Early 18th century The brick farmhouse has stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys, and has a symmetrical three-bay front with quoins at the corners. The central doorway has a stone surround with a semicircular arched head and a keystone. The windows have flat heads with keystones. There are later extensions to the right and at the rear.[3]
Brook Farmhouse
53°17′35″N 2°18′54″W / 53.29303°N 2.31496°W / 53.29303; -2.31496 (Brook Farmhouse)
Late 18th century The farmhouse was extended in the 19th century. It is built in brick with a slate roof. The house is in three storeys, with a two-bay front containing a central gabled porch. The windows are casements with cambered heads.[4]
Milepost
53°16′31″N 2°17′43″W / 53.27530°N 2.29518°W / 53.27530; -2.29518 (Milepost)
c. 1830 The milepost is in cast iron and consists of a round post with an acorn finial. It carries a curved plate inscribed with the distances in miles from Marthall to Macclesfield and Knutsford.[5]

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  • Historic England, "Fir Tree Farmhouse, Marthall (1115150)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 May 2014
  • Historic England, "Kell Green Hall Farmhouse, Marthall (1329791)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 May 2014
  • Historic England, "Brook Farmhouse, Marthall (1115125)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 May 2014
  • Historic England, "Mile Post, Marthall (1139302)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 May 2014
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 1 April 2015