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.^[1] What there is includes the following:

Structures

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Barthomley	St Bertoline's Church	Blocked doorway	[2][3][4]
Bruera	St Mary's Church	Chancel arch, south doorway	[5][6]
Chester	Cathedral	North transept, northwest tower, north wall of nave	[7][8]
Chester	Former monastic buildings	Undercroft, abbot's passage, chapel of St Anselm	[9][10]
Chester	Chester Castle	Items in the chapel of St Mary, Castro	[11]
Chester	St John the Baptist's Church	Much of the interior, ruins to the east	[12][13][14]
Church Lawton	All Saints Church	Doorway	[15][16][17]
Frodsham	St Laurence's Church	Arcade (part) and clerestory; carved masonry inside the tower	[18][19][20]
Grappenhall	St Wilfrid's Church	Corbel table incorporated into the wall of the south aisle	[21][22][23]
Middlewich	St Michael and All Angels Church	Fabric in the aisle arcades	[24]
Neston	St Mary's and St Helen's Church	Masonry re-used in lower two storeys of the tower	[25][26]
Prestbury	St Peter's Church	Free-standing chapel in the churchyard	[27][28][29]
Runcorn	Norton Priory	Doorway, undercroft	[30][31][32]
Shocklach	St Edith's Church	Small church	[33][34]
Shotwick	St Michael's Church	Doorway	[33][35][36]

Furnishings

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Acton	St Mary's Church	Font	[37][38][39]
Grappenhall	St Wilfrid's Church	Font	[21][22][23]

Other

Location	Structure	Details	Refs	Image
Acton	St Mary's Church	Free-standing carved stones	[37][38][39]
Bunbury	St Boniface's Church	Free-standing carved stones	[40][41][42]
Burton	St Nicholas' Church	Big, round scalloped capitals	[43][44]

References

Notes

1. ^ Pevsner & Hubbard 2003, p. 13.
2. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 71.
3. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Bertoline, Barthomley". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56652. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
4. ^ St Bertoline, Barthomley, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-barth.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
5. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 118.
6. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Saighton". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=55367. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
7. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 136–141.
8. ^ "Images of England: Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=470393. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
9. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 145–147.
10. ^ "Images of England: Former Monastic Buildings to Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=470392. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
11. ^ St Mary de Castro, Chester, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-chsmc.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
12. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 148–149.
13. ^ "Images of England: Church of St John the Baptist, Chester". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=469958. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
14. ^ St John the Baptist, Chester, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-chsjb.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
15. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 178.
16. ^ "Images of England: Church of All Saints, Church Lawton". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56495. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
17. ^ All Saints, Church Lawton, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-chlaw.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
18. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 220–221.
19. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Lawrence, Frodsham". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=436341. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
20. ^ St Lawrence, Frodsham, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-frods.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
21. ^ ^{a b} Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 225.
22. ^ ^{a b} "Images of England: Church of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=59014. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
23. ^ ^{a b} St Wilfrid, Grappenhall, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-grapp.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
24. ^ St. Michael and All Angels, Middlewich, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-middl.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
25. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 290.
26. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Mary and St Helen, Neston". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=475657. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
27. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 316.
28. ^ "Images of England: Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard, Prestbury". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=413839. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
29. ^ Prestbury, Norman Chapel, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-prest.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
30. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 296–297.
31. ^ "Images of England: Remains of Norton Priory". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56015. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
32. ^ Norton Priory, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-norpr.html, retrieved 14 March 2010 
33. ^ ^{a b} Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 334.
34. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Edith, Church Shocklach". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=402909. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
35. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Michael, Shotwick". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=55688. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
36. ^ St Michael, Shotwick, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-shotw.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
37. ^ ^{a b} Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 53.
38. ^ ^{a b} "Images of England: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Acton". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56928. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
39. ^ ^{a b} St Mary, Acton, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-acton.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
40. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 120.
41. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Boniface, Bunbury". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=56767. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
42. ^ St Boniface, Bunbury, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-ch-bunbu.html, retrieved 13 June 2010 
43. ^ Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 121–122.
44. ^ "Images of England: Church of St Nicholas, Neston". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=475803. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 

Bibliography

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971]. The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.