Bollington is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 66 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, 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] In the parish is the town of Bollington, which is surrounded by countryside leading up to the foothills of the Pennines on the east. To the south of the town is the long Kerridge Hill, which has been a source of industry, with coal mining on its east side and quarrying on the west side. These quarries are the source of Kerridge stone-slate, which is used to roof many of the houses in the locality.
The parish was rural before the arrival of industry, and the oldest listed buildings are houses or cottages, and farms with related structures, which date back as far as the 16th century. There is one surviving listed structure related to coal mining, a chimney. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the major industry in the town was cotton spinning, and in 1830 the Macclesfield Canal was built, passing through the town on a large embankment. There are nine listed structures relating to the canal, namely three bridges, three milestones, a distance stone, two aqueducts, and a dock complex. The mills are no longer processing cotton, but three surviving mills that have been converted into other uses are listed: Clarence Mill, Adelphi Mill and Lowerhouse Mill. The mills brought wealth to their owners, and this is reflected in their building large houses with associated structures, some of which are listed. The other listed buildings are the sort of buildings to be found in any town, such as public houses and churches.
^Historic England, "Cold Arbour Farmhouse, Bollington (1138960)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Barn attached to Cold Arbour Farmhouse, Bollington (1329968)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "9 Moss Brow, Bollington (1138965)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Barley Grange, Bollington (1138993)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Hollin Old Hall, Bollington (1312846)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Orchard House, Bollington (1138991)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Briar Cottage, Bollington (1329967)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "58 Grimshaw Lane, Bollington (1138962)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "The Corner Shop, Bollington (1329971)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Heywood's, Bollington (1138989)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "The Mews and Lowerhouse Mill Cottage, Bollington (1329943)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "11 Moss Brow, Bollington (1136370)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Turner Heath, Bollington (1138996)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "16–22 Queen Street, Bollington (1138968)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Moss Cottage, Bollington (1329932)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9371 7953, Bollington (1136365)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9371 7953, Bollington (1232108)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9433 7852, Bollington (1138969)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Cock and Pheasant Inn, Bollington (1138994)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "38 Oak Lane, Bollington (1136378)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Kiln, 70m NNW of Ivy House, Bollington (1136462)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "50 and 52 Bollington Road, Bollington (1138990)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9386 7949, Bollington (1232109)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9422 7897, Bollington (1232111)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 9422 7897, Bollington (1236440)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone, approximately 133 metres east by south-east of Cow Lane, Bollington (1461690)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 March 2019
^ a b c d eHartwell et al. (2011), p. 166
^Historic England, "Lowerhouse Mill, Bollington (1138987)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Heath House, Bollington (1138995)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Stables at 101 Bollington Road, Bollington (1312889)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "1, 1A, 3, 5, and 5A Beeston Brow, Bollington (1138988)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Boundary stone, opposite the Poacher's Inn, Bollington (1138963)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Chimney at SJ 9378 7810, Bollington (1329969)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 92296 77883, Bollington (1138975)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone at SJ 92297 77883, Bollington (1236439)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Parish boundary stone 35m west of barn at Sowcar Farm, Bollington (1138919)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Estate boundary stone at SJ 9401 7684, Bollington (1136466)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "10 and 12 Bollington Road and railings, Bollington (1136466)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal aqueduct over Grimshaw Lane, Bollington (1136317)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal aqueduct over Palmerston Street, Bollington (1136400)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal Bridge no. 27, Bollington (1312816)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal Bridge no. 28 by Beehive Cottage, Bollington (1138974)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal Bridge no. 29, Bollington (1138961)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Drydock on Macclesfield Canal at SJ 9314 7678, Bollington (1136470)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal milestone at SJ 9274 7631, Bollington (1236432)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Canal milestone at SJ 9305 7763, Bollington (1236435)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Distance stone on towpath 20m north of canal aqueduct, Bollington (1329933)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Limefield House, Bollington (1138956)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Stables at Limefield House, Bollington (1138957)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^ a b c dHartwell et al. (2011), p. 165
^Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Bollington (1138997)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Diocese of Chester: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 1 October 2012, p. 2, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 165–166
^Callandine & Fricker (1993), pp. 107–133
^Historic England, "Clarence Mill, Bollington (1138958)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Stables at Endon Hall, Bollington (1138967)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "39A Palmerston Street, Bollington (1136412)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Icehouse in Endon Hall Garden, Bollington (1312833)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Turret Cottages, Bollington (1138972)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Carterbench House, Bollington (1329966)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Lord Clyde Inn, Bollington (1138959)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Chimney to air shaft at SJ 9377 7663, Bollington (1312786)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Nos. 8A, 10 (Galleon Wine), 12 and 14; and nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Mill Cottages and workshop in Watson's Yard, Bollington (1329970)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2013
^Historic England, "Endon Lodge, Bollington (1138966)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Adelphi Mill, Bollington (1242941)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "The Owlhurste, Bollington (1138970)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Hollin Hall Hotel, Bollington (1136357)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 January 2014
^Home, Great National Hollin Hall Hotel, archived from the original on 2 December 2013, retrieved 21 November 2013
^Historic England, "Methodist Church, Bollington (1312781)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "The Vicarage, Bollington (1312775)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Church of St Oswald, Bollington (1138992)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2013
^Historic England, "Kerridge War Memorial (1432638)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2016
^Historic England, "Bollington War Memorial (1432274)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 March 2016
^Historic England, "Holly Bush public house, Bollington (1413988)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 April 2014
Sources
Callandine, Anthony; Fricker, Jean (1993), East Cheshire textile mills, London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, ISBN 978-1-873-59213-7