Acton Bridge is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It is mainly rural and contains the village of Acton Bridge. The parish is traversed by the River Weaver and Weaver Navigation in an east–west direction, the West Coast Main Line in a north–south direction, and the A49 road runs from northwest to southeast. It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Two of these are listed at Grade II*, and the other seven at Grade II. Most of the buildings are houses or farm buildings, but the list also includes a railway viaduct, a lock on the Weaver Navigation, and a guidepost.

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Grade CriteriaII* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.II Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Listed buildings Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGradeHall Green FarmhouseThis is basically a timber-framed house with a hall and a cross-wing, later enclosed in brick. Inside the house are mural paintings of Cheshire scenes.Pepper StreetOriginally a farmhouse, then three cottages, and then converted into a house but damaged by a fire in 1953. It is timber-framed on a stone base, with a plaster infill. The roof is tiled.WolverleyAdditions and alterations have been carried out since. It is a long two-storey brick house with a slate roof. It has a late 18th-century doorcase with a later stone portico.Wall Hill FarmhouseA two-storey symmetrical farmhouse in orange brick with a Welsh slate roof. The windows are sashes.Ash HouseA two-storey symmetrical farmhouse in red brick on a stone plinth with a Welsh slate roof. At the entrance is a fluted Doric doorcase with a fanlight.Shippon, Hall Green FarmA rectangular two-storey brick building with a Welsh slate roof. The south front is in six bays.Dutton Railway Viaduct1836Built by Joseph Locke and George Stephenson for the Grand Junction Railway in sandstone. It consists of 20 arches crossing the River Weaver.Dutton Locks1874A pair of sandstone locks on the Weaver Navigation, wide enough to accommodate 500-ton sea-going ships.GuidepostA cast iron octagonal post with a ball finial and fingerplates giving directions.

See also

Listed buildings in Crowton Listed buildings in Dutton Listed buildings in Little Leigh Listed buildings in Weaverham

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