List of Norman architecture in Cheshire


The county of Cheshire contains some Norman architecture. As Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard state, this is not much in comparison with other counties. What there is includes the following:

Structures

LocationStructureDetailsRefsImage
BarthomleySt Bertoline's ChurchBlocked doorway
BrueraSt Mary's ChurchChancel arch, south doorway
ChesterCathedralNorth transept, northwest tower, north wall of nave
ChesterFormer monastic buildingsUndercroft, abbot's passage, chapel of St Anselm
ChesterChester CastleItems in the chapel of St Mary, Castro
ChesterSt John the Baptist's ChurchMuch of the interior, ruins to the east
Church LawtonAll Saints ChurchDoorway
FrodshamSt Laurence's ChurchArcade and clerestory; carved masonry inside the tower
GrappenhallSt Wilfrid's ChurchCorbel table incorporated into the wall of the south aisle
MiddlewichSt Michael and All Angels ChurchFabric in the aisle arcades
NestonSt Mary's and St Helen's ChurchMasonry re-used in lower two storeys of the tower
PrestburySt Peter's ChurchFree-standing chapel in the churchyard
RuncornNorton PrioryDoorway, undercroft
ShocklachSt Edith's ChurchSmall church
ShotwickSt Michael's ChurchDoorway

Furnishings

LocationStructureDetailsRefsImage
ActonSt Mary's ChurchFont
GrappenhallSt Wilfrid's ChurchFont

Other

LocationStructureDetailsRefsImage
ActonSt Mary's ChurchFree-standing carved stones
BunburySt Boniface's ChurchFree-standing carved stones
BurtonSt Nicholas' ChurchBig, round scalloped capitals