LISTED BUILDINGS
Farndon has numerous buildings of historical interest and is also a conservation area.
There are twenty-one buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England and designated as follows;
Grade I: Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important;
Farndon Bridge
Grade II*: Particularly important buildings of more than special interest;
St.Chad's Church
Barnston Memorial
Hollybank (a former 19thc school for young ladies, and the village doctor's residence)
Grade II: Buildings of national importance and special interest;
Seventeen listed buildings include several houses in the village, a tomb in the churchyard, the former village lock-up, and the war memorial.
Grade I
Farndon-Holt Bridge
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A Grade I listed medieval sandstone bridge links Farndon with its Welsh neighbour Holt on the opposite bank of the Dee. Built in 1339 and it was recorded as having ten arches in 1754 and on the fifth of which stood a large gate tower. This tower was demolished to bridge level in the late 18th century and two archs were lost on the Welsh side. Click here for more details.
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Grade II*
St. Chad's Church
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Farndon church is dedicated to St Chad, who died in AD 672. The outline of the present building and the tower date from the 14th century, about the time that the bridge was built over the Dee at Farndon. Click here for more detail.
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Barnston Memorial
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This memorial is an obelisk, standing on a high point on the Churton Road approach to the village from the Chester. It was erected circa 1858 as a memorial to Roger Barnston Esq. a Lieutenant Colonel in the Crimean War who resided locally at Crewe Hall. Click here for more detail.
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Holly Bank, Formerly the Doctor's House
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Holly Bank, Formerly the Doctor's House
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Grade II
Academy House, High Street
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The Academy House
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Black And White Cottages, High Street
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Black And White Cottages
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Chapel House
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Chapel House
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Church View, High Street
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Church View, High Street
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Crewe Hill and Attached Cottage
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Crewe Hill and Attached Cottage
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Deebanks, High Street
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Deebanks, High Street
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Farndon War Memorial
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The war memorial was erected in Farndon churchyard in 1922 to commemorate the men of Farndon who lost their lives in the Great War. A further four names were added of those men who were killed in the Second World War. Click here for more details. |
Hollybush Cottage
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Hollybush Cottage
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Holly Cottage, Barton Road
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Holly Cottage, Barton Road
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Laurel Bank Cottage and Workshop, High Street
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Laurel Bank Cottage and Workshop, High Street
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Pair of Adjacent Table Tombs in St Chad's Churchyard
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Pair of Adjacent Table Tombs in St Chad's Churchyard
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Poplar House, with former Cart Shed and Stable
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Poplar House, with former Cart Shed and Stable
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Sunnyside, High Street
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Sunnyside, High Street
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The Chimes, Church Lane
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The Chimes, Church Lane
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Top Farm, High Street
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Top Farm, High Street
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Tudor Cottage, Church Lane
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Tudor Cottage, Church Lane
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Village Lockup, High Street
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Village Lockup, High Street
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