This list does not contain the Grade I listed churches, or the Grade I listed buildings in the city of Chester. For these see Grade I listed churches in Cheshire and Grade I listed buildings in Chester.

The Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire, excluding those in the city of Chester, total around 80. Almost half of these are churches that are contained in a separate list.

Most Cheshire buildings are in sandstone, brick or are timber framed. Limestone is used for some buildings in the east of the county. Compared with other counties, timber framing is important. Cheshire has a higher proportion of timber-framed houses than most other English counties.Clifton-Taylor, Alec, Building Materials, in

Buildings Name Place Map ref Date Notes Image Dorfold Hall Acton 1616–21 Built for Ralph Wilbraham. Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire. Adlington Hall Adlington 15–16th century; mid-18th century Manor house partly timber framed, partly brick. Chorley Old Hall Alderley Edge c. 1330, mid-16th century Manor house with one range built in brick and the other timber framed. Iron Bridge Aldford 1824 Bridge over the River Dee on the Buerton Approach to Eaton Hall.Crewe & Nantwich: Explorer 257 map, Ordnance Survey. Built for the 1st Marquis of Westminster. Cruck barn Arley Hall Early 16th century Former barn converted into an indoor riding school.Arley Hall and Gardens (guidebook), Jarrold Publishing, 1999. Moss Hall Audlem 1616 Timber framed manor house, extensively renovated in 1902. Beeston Castle Beeston 1220s Built by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester. Both the walls of the outer bailey, and the walls, towers and gatehouse of the inner baileys are listed at Grade I. Partly demolished after the Civil War. Brereton Hall Brereton 1586 Built for Sir William Brereton.Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Titles ..., s.v. "Brereton – Baron Brereton". Alterations made in the 19th century, including removal of the cupolas. Highfields Buerton 1615 Built for the Dodds family. Additions made in 1750 and 1897. Sankey Viaduct Burtonwood 1830 By George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Earliest major railway viaduct in the world. Lower Carden Hall Carden 15th century and later Country house most of which is timber framed. Combermere Abbey Combermere Park 1563 Country house, formerly abbot's house. Extended 1814–20.Callander Beckett S. (2004) 'Combermere Abbey: A Brief History' (leaflet) Little Moreton Hall Southwest of Congleton 15th century One of Britain's finest timber-framed moated manor houses. Crewe Hall Crewe Green 1615–36 Built for Sir Randolph Crewe, extended in the late 18th century and extensively restored after a fire in 1866. Considered to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire. Lyme Hall Disley c. 1570 with later additions The largest house in Cheshire, built for the Legh family. Delves Hall Doddington 1364 Fortified tower built by Sir John Delves. Doddington Hall Doddington 1777–98 Built for Revd Sir Thomas Broughton in neoclassical style. Golden Gates, Eaton Hall Eaton Park 18th century,c. 1880 The central pair of gates (Golden Gates) and the adjacent screen railings are by Robert and John Davies, 18th century.Side gates, screens and lodges by Alfred Waterhouse, c. 1880. Farndon Bridge Farndon 1339 Crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the villages of Farndon and Holt. Gawsworth Old Hall Gawsworth 1480,remodelled 1701 Partly timber framed, partly in brick, for the Fitton family. Old Rectory Gawsworth 15th–16th century Timber framed with the hall open to the roof. North wing added 1872. Originally a rectory, now a private house. Belmont Hall Great Budworth 1755 Country house by James Gibbs; now a school. Halton Castle Halton c. 1070 Castle on a sandstone outcrop. Now a ruin. Haslington Hall Haslington 1545 with later alterations Timber-framed house built by Admiral Sir Francis Vernon. Ince Manor Ince Late 13th century and later Former monastic grange. The hall and the monastery cottages remain. Lovell Telescope Jodrell Bank Observatory,near Goostrey 1952–57 When built, it was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world. Lymm Cross Lymm 17th century Restored 1897. Crown Hotel Nantwich 1580s Timber framed inn built after the fire of 1583. Now a public house and hotel. Churche's Mansion Nantwich 1577 Timber framed mansion house. Pevsner describes it as "an outstanding piece of decorated half-timber architecture". Peckforton Castle Peckforton 1844–50 Country house built in the style of a medieval castle by Anthony Salvin for John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache. Now a hotel. Stable Block Peover Hall 1654 A gift from Mrs Ellen Mainwaring to her son Thomas. Elaborate screens to stalls. Norton Priory Near Runcorn 13th century and later A priory, then an abbey and later a country house. Now a ruin and a museum. Gatehouse Saighton c. 1489 Monastic grange for St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester. Only the gatehouse remains and this is now part of a school. Crosses Sandbach 9th century Pair of carved Anglo-Saxon crosses. Old Hall Hotel Sandbach 1656 Large timber-framed building, now a hotel. Sutton Hall Sutton Weaver Late 15th or early 16th century, later extended Internally are two superimposed great halls. Tabley House Knutsford 1767 Palladian mansion by John Carr. Now owned by the University of Manchester. Tatton Hall Knutsford 1791; completed 19th century Neoclassical country house. Utkinton Hall Utkinton Medieval core but most of it dates from the early 17th century Large manor house for the Done family. Town Hall Warrington 1750 House for Thomas Patten by James Gibbs. Pevsner describes it as "the finest house of its date in south Lancashire".The detached service wings are also listed at Grade I. Winnington Hall Winnington c.1600; 1775 Older wing timber framed; newer wing in stone by Samuel Wyatt.

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Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire (pre-1066)

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