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Listed buildings in Armitage with Handsacre
Peter I. Vardy: New list
[[Armitage with Handsacre]] is a [[civil parish]] in the district of [[Lichfield District|Lichfield]], [[Staffordshire]], England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]]. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of [[Armitage]] and [[Handsacre]] and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and farmhouses, the earlier of which are [[timber framed]]. The [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] passes through the parish, and two [[accommodation bridge]]s crossing it are listed. [[Hawkesyard Priory]] is in the parish, and its priory church is listed, together with nearby Spode House and associated structures, which have connections with the priory. The other listed buildings are another church, a chapel, a churchyard cross, and a war memorial.
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==Key==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Grade
! Criteria
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|align="center" |II*
| Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
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|align="center" |II
| Buildings of national importance and special interest
|}
==Buildings==
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! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name and location
! scope="col" style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:120px" |Date
! scope="col" style="width:650px" class="unsortable"|Notes
! scope="col" style="width:50px" |Grade
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|Former Farmhouse,<br/>Hood Lane<br/><small></small>
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|The former farmhouse is [[timber framed]] with [[cruck]] construction, brick [[infill]], some rebuilding in brick, and a thatched roof. There is one storey and an attic, three [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and varied windows including two [[dormer]]s with the roof arched over them. Inside there is a timber-framed partition and two cruck trusses.
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|St John's Church, Armitage<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Church of John the Baptist, Armitage - geograph.org.uk - 1616795.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|1632
|The oldest part of the church is the tower, the rest of the church dating from 1844–47. It is built in stone and has a tile roof with crested ridge tiles. The church consists of a [[nave]], north and south [[aisle#Church architecture|aisles]], a south porch, a [[chancel]] with a north [[vestry]] and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal [[buttress]]es, and an [[embattled]] [[parapet]]. The chancel is in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, and the tower and the rest of the church is in [[Norman architecture|Norman]] style with round-headed windows and doorways. There is a circular window in the west [[gable]] of the south aisle.
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|Birchen Fields Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
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|The farmhouse is in [[roughcast]] [[timber framing]] on a high [[sandstone]] [[plinth]] and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and two [[bay (architecture)|bays]]. In the centre is a [[sandstone]] porch with a [[chamfer]]ed [[mullion]]ed window in the right return, and the rest of the windows are [[casement window|casements]]. The doorway has a pointed segmental-arched head.
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|Church Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
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|The farmhouse, later a private house, was extended in the 18th and 20th centuries. The original part is [[timber framed]], the extensions are in stone and brick, and the roof is tiled. There is a T-shaped plan, with a two-storey main range on a [[sandstone]] [[plinth]], a [[gable]]d cross-wing with two storeys and an attic refronted in brick, and a rear wing. On the cross-wing is a gabled porch, and the windows vary.
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|Clarke's Hays, Lichfield Road<br/><small></small>
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|A farmhouse, later a private house, it is [[timber framed]] with brick [[infill]], some rebuilding in brick, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a three-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] front range and a rear wing. On the front are [[cant (architecture)|canted]] [[bay window]]s, and the other windows are [[casement window|casements]]. Inside, there is an [[inglenook]] fireplace.
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|Lodge Cottage, Rugeley Road<br/><small></small>
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|A [[timber framed]] house with brick [[infill]] and a thatched roof, it has one storey and an attic, three [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and a single-storey lean-to on the left. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and there are two [[dormer]]s with the roof arched over them.
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|The Old Farmhouse Restaurant<br/><small></small>
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|The farmhouse, later a restaurant, was extended in the 19th century. The original part is [[timber framed]] with painted brick [[infill]], the extensions are in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and it has a [[hip roof|hipped]] tile roof. There are two storeys, the original range has two [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and there are various extensions. The building has two [[gable]]d porches and a lean-to porch, and the windows are [[casement window|casements]].
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|The Old House, Hall Road<br/><small></small>
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|A [[timber framed]] house with red brick [[infill]] on a [[sandstone]] [[plinth]] with a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and a T-shaped plan, consisting of a two-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] front range and a rear wing. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and the door is at the rear.
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|Marsh Barn Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
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|The farmhouse was extended in the 19th century. It is in brick with a tile roof and two storeys. There is an L-shaped plan, consisting of a four-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] main range, a projecting [[gable]]d cross-wing to the right, and a later two-bay rear wing. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and in the rear wing is a [[cant (architecture)|canted]] [[bay window]] with a [[hip roof|hipped]] [[slate]] roof, and a lean-to porch.
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|Stonehouse Cottages,<br/>New Road<br/><small></small>
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|A pair of houses that were altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The original part is in [[sandstone]], the extensions are in red brick, and the roof is tiled. There is a T-shaped plan, with a two-storey single-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] main range, and a [[gable]]d cross-wing to the left with two storeys and an attic. In the main range is a doorway with a segmental head, a [[casement window]] with a segmental head in the ground floor, and a gabled casement window above. In the cross-wing are [[mullion]]ed windows, and in the attic is a segmental-headed casement window.
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|Spode House and coach house<br/><small></small>
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|align="center"|1760
|The house was extended in 1840; the original part is in red brick, [[stucco]]ed on the south, the extension is in stone, the [[hipped roof]]s are [[slate]]d, and the house is in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. There are two storeys, the south front has seven [[bay (architecture)|bays]], the middle three bays projecting and [[cant (architecture)|canted]]. It has a [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] [[string course]] and an [[embattled]] [[parapet]]. In the centre is a doorway with a [[four-centred arch]], and the windows are [[sash window|sashes]]. The block is flanked by octagonal turrets with domed caps and [[coronet]]s. Attached to the right is a single-storey coach house.
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|Bridge No. 59<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Bridge No. 59, Trent and Mersey Canal.jpg|100px|centre]]
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|An [[accommodation bridge]] over the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]], it is in red brick with stone [[coping (architecture)|coping]]. The bridge consists of a single segmental-headed arch, and has a humped back, and swept wings ending in [[pier (architecture)|piers]] at all four corners.
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|Bridge No. 60<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Bridge 60, Armitage - geograph.org.uk - 843378.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|
|An [[accommodation bridge]] over the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]], it is in red brick with stone [[coping (architecture)|coping]], and is built into the stone walls of a cutting. The bridge consists of a single segmental-headed arch, and has swept wings ending in [[pier (architecture)|piers]] at all four corners.
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|United Reformed Church Chapel, Rugeley Road<br/><small></small>
|[[File:United Reformed Church, Armitage.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|1820
|Built as a [[Congregational Church|Congregational]] chapel, it was extended in the 19th century. The chapel is built in red brick with [[stucco|rendered]] dressings, and has a tile roof with [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] stone [[coping (architecture)|coped]] [[gable]] ends. It is in [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Gothic]] style, and has a west gallery, a [[vestry]] at the east end, and a projection to the north. At the west end is a two-storey porch with stepped [[buttress]]es, containing a doorway with a [[four-centred arch]]ed head and a moulded [[hood mould]], above which is a [[rose window]] with a moulded surround. Along the sides are buttresses, and windows with pointed heads.
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|1 Old Road<br/><small></small>
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|A cottage in [[sandstone]] with a [[hip roof|hipped]] tile roof, in [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] style. There are two storeys, an octagonal plan, and a kitchen wing. The doorway and windows have [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] surrounds, and the windows have moulded [[mullion]]s and [[transom (architecture)|transoms]], and moulded [[hood mould]]s.
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|Former Summerhouse, Spode House<br/><small></small>
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|The former [[summer house]] is in red brick, with a [[cast iron]] frame to the south, and a corrugated asbestos roof. It has one storey and octagonal corner turrets. On the front are twelve [[bay (architecture)|bays]] of cast iron panels and [[Tudor arch]]es with windows above, and flanking the middle four bays are cast iron columns with [[embattled]] caps.
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|Churchyard Cross<br/><small></small>
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|The cross is in the churchyard of St John's Church, it is in stone and incorporates 12th-century material from a previous church on the site. There is a hexagonal base of three steps, and the shaft is surmounted by a [[Celtic cross]], The shaft and cross are decorated with [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] motifs.
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|St Thomas' Church, [[Hawkesyard Priory]]<br/><small></small>
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|The [[priory]] church was designed by [[Edward Goldie]], and is in red brick with stone dressings and a plain [[parapet]]. It consists of a [[nave]] and a [[chancel]] in one unit, with chapels, a porch, and corner [[buttress]]es with [[crocket]]ed [[pinnacle]]s. Along the sides are large windows in [[Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular]] style, and at the apex of the east [[gable]] is a [[canopy (building)|canopied]] [[niche (architecture)|niche]] containing a statue. Inside, there is a [[hammerbeam roof]], and the organ case was moved here from [[Eton College]].
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|War Memorial, New Road<br/><small></small>
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|align="center"|1920
|The war memorial stands in a small garden at a road junction. It is in [[sandstone]] and consists of a tall [[Calvary (sculpture)|Calvary]] on an octagonal shaft on a tapering square [[plinth]]. The plinth is on a round step on a platform in the shape of an octofoil. On the faces of the plinth are inscriptions referring to the First World War and containing the names of those lost in that conflict. In front of the plinth is a stone segment with the names of those lost in the Second World War.
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[[Category:Lists of listed buildings in Staffordshire]]
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==Key==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Grade
! Criteria
|-
|align="center" |II*
| Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
|-
|align="center" |II
| Buildings of national importance and special interest
|}
==Buildings==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:150px" |Name and location
! scope="col" style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Photograph
! scope="col" style="width:120px" |Date
! scope="col" style="width:650px" class="unsortable"|Notes
! scope="col" style="width:50px" |Grade
|-
|Former Farmhouse,<br/>Hood Lane<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The former farmhouse is [[timber framed]] with [[cruck]] construction, brick [[infill]], some rebuilding in brick, and a thatched roof. There is one storey and an attic, three [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and varied windows including two [[dormer]]s with the roof arched over them. Inside there is a timber-framed partition and two cruck trusses.
|align="center" |
|-
|St John's Church, Armitage<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Church of John the Baptist, Armitage - geograph.org.uk - 1616795.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|1632
|The oldest part of the church is the tower, the rest of the church dating from 1844–47. It is built in stone and has a tile roof with crested ridge tiles. The church consists of a [[nave]], north and south [[aisle#Church architecture|aisles]], a south porch, a [[chancel]] with a north [[vestry]] and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal [[buttress]]es, and an [[embattled]] [[parapet]]. The chancel is in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, and the tower and the rest of the church is in [[Norman architecture|Norman]] style with round-headed windows and doorways. There is a circular window in the west [[gable]] of the south aisle.
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|Birchen Fields Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
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|align="center"|
|The farmhouse is in [[roughcast]] [[timber framing]] on a high [[sandstone]] [[plinth]] and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and two [[bay (architecture)|bays]]. In the centre is a [[sandstone]] porch with a [[chamfer]]ed [[mullion]]ed window in the right return, and the rest of the windows are [[casement window|casements]]. The doorway has a pointed segmental-arched head.
|align="center" |
|-
|Church Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The farmhouse, later a private house, was extended in the 18th and 20th centuries. The original part is [[timber framed]], the extensions are in stone and brick, and the roof is tiled. There is a T-shaped plan, with a two-storey main range on a [[sandstone]] [[plinth]], a [[gable]]d cross-wing with two storeys and an attic refronted in brick, and a rear wing. On the cross-wing is a gabled porch, and the windows vary.
|align="center" |
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|Clarke's Hays, Lichfield Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|A farmhouse, later a private house, it is [[timber framed]] with brick [[infill]], some rebuilding in brick, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a three-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] front range and a rear wing. On the front are [[cant (architecture)|canted]] [[bay window]]s, and the other windows are [[casement window|casements]]. Inside, there is an [[inglenook]] fireplace.
|align="center" |
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|Lodge Cottage, Rugeley Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|A [[timber framed]] house with brick [[infill]] and a thatched roof, it has one storey and an attic, three [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and a single-storey lean-to on the left. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and there are two [[dormer]]s with the roof arched over them.
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|The Old Farmhouse Restaurant<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The farmhouse, later a restaurant, was extended in the 19th century. The original part is [[timber framed]] with painted brick [[infill]], the extensions are in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and it has a [[hip roof|hipped]] tile roof. There are two storeys, the original range has two [[bay (architecture)|bays]], and there are various extensions. The building has two [[gable]]d porches and a lean-to porch, and the windows are [[casement window|casements]].
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|The Old House, Hall Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|A [[timber framed]] house with red brick [[infill]] on a [[sandstone]] [[plinth]] with a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and a T-shaped plan, consisting of a two-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] front range and a rear wing. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and the door is at the rear.
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|Marsh Barn Farmhouse<br/><small></small>
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|align="center"|
|The farmhouse was extended in the 19th century. It is in brick with a tile roof and two storeys. There is an L-shaped plan, consisting of a four-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] main range, a projecting [[gable]]d cross-wing to the right, and a later two-bay rear wing. The windows are [[casement window|casements]], and in the rear wing is a [[cant (architecture)|canted]] [[bay window]] with a [[hip roof|hipped]] [[slate]] roof, and a lean-to porch.
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|Stonehouse Cottages,<br/>New Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|A pair of houses that were altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The original part is in [[sandstone]], the extensions are in red brick, and the roof is tiled. There is a T-shaped plan, with a two-storey single-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] main range, and a [[gable]]d cross-wing to the left with two storeys and an attic. In the main range is a doorway with a segmental head, a [[casement window]] with a segmental head in the ground floor, and a gabled casement window above. In the cross-wing are [[mullion]]ed windows, and in the attic is a segmental-headed casement window.
|align="center" |
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|Spode House and coach house<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|1760
|The house was extended in 1840; the original part is in red brick, [[stucco]]ed on the south, the extension is in stone, the [[hipped roof]]s are [[slate]]d, and the house is in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. There are two storeys, the south front has seven [[bay (architecture)|bays]], the middle three bays projecting and [[cant (architecture)|canted]]. It has a [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] [[string course]] and an [[embattled]] [[parapet]]. In the centre is a doorway with a [[four-centred arch]], and the windows are [[sash window|sashes]]. The block is flanked by octagonal turrets with domed caps and [[coronet]]s. Attached to the right is a single-storey coach house.
|align="center" |
|-
|Bridge No. 59<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Bridge No. 59, Trent and Mersey Canal.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|
|An [[accommodation bridge]] over the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]], it is in red brick with stone [[coping (architecture)|coping]]. The bridge consists of a single segmental-headed arch, and has a humped back, and swept wings ending in [[pier (architecture)|piers]] at all four corners.
|align="center" |
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|Bridge No. 60<br/><small></small>
|[[File:Bridge 60, Armitage - geograph.org.uk - 843378.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|
|An [[accommodation bridge]] over the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]], it is in red brick with stone [[coping (architecture)|coping]], and is built into the stone walls of a cutting. The bridge consists of a single segmental-headed arch, and has swept wings ending in [[pier (architecture)|piers]] at all four corners.
|align="center" |
|-
|United Reformed Church Chapel, Rugeley Road<br/><small></small>
|[[File:United Reformed Church, Armitage.jpg|100px|centre]]
|align="center"|1820
|Built as a [[Congregational Church|Congregational]] chapel, it was extended in the 19th century. The chapel is built in red brick with [[stucco|rendered]] dressings, and has a tile roof with [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] stone [[coping (architecture)|coped]] [[gable]] ends. It is in [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Gothic]] style, and has a west gallery, a [[vestry]] at the east end, and a projection to the north. At the west end is a two-storey porch with stepped [[buttress]]es, containing a doorway with a [[four-centred arch]]ed head and a moulded [[hood mould]], above which is a [[rose window]] with a moulded surround. Along the sides are buttresses, and windows with pointed heads.
|align="center" |
|-
|1 Old Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|A cottage in [[sandstone]] with a [[hip roof|hipped]] tile roof, in [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] style. There are two storeys, an octagonal plan, and a kitchen wing. The doorway and windows have [[molding (architecture)|moulded]] surrounds, and the windows have moulded [[mullion]]s and [[transom (architecture)|transoms]], and moulded [[hood mould]]s.
|align="center" |
|-
|Former Summerhouse, Spode House<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The former [[summer house]] is in red brick, with a [[cast iron]] frame to the south, and a corrugated asbestos roof. It has one storey and octagonal corner turrets. On the front are twelve [[bay (architecture)|bays]] of cast iron panels and [[Tudor arch]]es with windows above, and flanking the middle four bays are cast iron columns with [[embattled]] caps.
|align="center" |
|-
|Churchyard Cross<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The cross is in the churchyard of St John's Church, it is in stone and incorporates 12th-century material from a previous church on the site. There is a hexagonal base of three steps, and the shaft is surmounted by a [[Celtic cross]], The shaft and cross are decorated with [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] motifs.
|align="center" |
|-
|St Thomas' Church, [[Hawkesyard Priory]]<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|
|The [[priory]] church was designed by [[Edward Goldie]], and is in red brick with stone dressings and a plain [[parapet]]. It consists of a [[nave]] and a [[chancel]] in one unit, with chapels, a porch, and corner [[buttress]]es with [[crocket]]ed [[pinnacle]]s. Along the sides are large windows in [[Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular]] style, and at the apex of the east [[gable]] is a [[canopy (building)|canopied]] [[niche (architecture)|niche]] containing a statue. Inside, there is a [[hammerbeam roof]], and the organ case was moved here from [[Eton College]].
|align="center" |
|-
|War Memorial, New Road<br/><small></small>
|
|align="center"|1920
|The war memorial stands in a small garden at a road junction. It is in [[sandstone]] and consists of a tall [[Calvary (sculpture)|Calvary]] on an octagonal shaft on a tapering square [[plinth]]. The plinth is on a round step on a platform in the shape of an octofoil. On the faces of the plinth are inscriptions referring to the First World War and containing the names of those lost in that conflict. In front of the plinth is a stone segment with the names of those lost in the Second World War.
|align="center" |
|-
|}
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[[Category:Lists of listed buildings in Staffordshire]]
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