Heritage Listings in Croft

What are Listed Buildings?

Listing marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system, so that it can be protected for future generations.

The older a building is, and the fewer the surviving examples of its kind, the more likely it is to be listed.

Historic England makes recommendations to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and they make the final decision as to whether a building should be listed or not.
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• Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest, only 2.5% of listed buildings are Grade I
• Grade II* buildings are particularly important buildings of more than special interest; 5.8% of listed buildings are Grade II*
• Grade II buildings are of special interest; 91.7% of all listed buildings are in this class

As well as listed buildings, there are Local Listings and Local Heritage Assets and Historic Environment Records.

Local listing helps to raise the profile of local heritage by identifying heritage assets that are of greatest importance to local people. 
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Local heritage assets can range from buildings, designed landscapes, archaeology and elements of the natural environment. 

The Historic Environment Record (HER) is the record of all known designated and non-designated archaeological sites and historic landscapes.It includes sites dating from prehistory through to the military remains of the more recent past.

Croft Listed Buildings

There are 13 listed buildings in Croft, all of these are Grade II.

Christ Church, Croft

• Christ Church 
• Barrow Farmhouse
• Wigshaw House
• Eaves Brow Farmhouse
• Springfield Farmhouse
• Church of St. Lewis
• St. Lewis Presbytery
• Hope Farmhouse
• Barn at Hope Farm
• Milestone opposite Rowe Farm
• Newchurch Old Rectory
• Walls/Gates and Gate Piers to front of Kenyon Hall
• Little Town Well

Little Town Well, Mustard Lane

Croft Historic Environment Records

There are 7 Historic Monument records in Croft, 3 of these being the sites of the accomodation for the Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley. These are now the Emerald Drive estate, Taylor Business Park and HMP Risley.
The site of HMS Ariel is another listing. The former Croft Unitarian Chapel and its burial ground are both listed.
​The final one is a ditched enclosure at Southworth Hall Farm.

Croft Local Listings

There are 19 local listings in Croft.
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• The former Croft School
• Milestone opposite Rowe Farm
• Rowe Farm
• Oven Back Farm
• 143 Mustard lane
• Highfield, Kenyon Lane
• Yew Tree House
• Heath House
• Beech Farm
• Plough Inn
• Bradley House (115 Stone Pit Lane)
• Turret Hall
• Kenylo Bridge
• Southworth Hall
• 60/62 New Lane
• 52/54 Smithy Brow
• 18 Dam Lane
• Horseshoe Public House
• 18 Lord Street

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