Abbots Bromley is a civil parish in the district of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains 77 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Abbots Bromley and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are in the village, and most of these are houses, shops and cottages with associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, the earliest of which are timber framed or have timber framed cores. Other listed buildings in the village include a church, a village cross, almshouses, public houses, a school chapel, and a war memorial. In the surrounding area, most listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings, and the others include lodges, a monument, and mileposts.
The church was altered in about 1500 and in about 1700, and was restored and party rebuilt in 1852–55 by G. E. Street. It is built in stone with tile roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with north and south chapels and a northeast vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a round-headed west doorway, a clock face on the west side, and a balustradedparapet with panelled pedestals at the corners surmounted by urn finials.[2][3]
The house, at one time an inn, was extended and partly rebuilt in the 19th century. It is roughcast on a timber framed core, and has a band and a tile roof with coped verges. There are two storeys and three bays, the right bay recessed. Steps with balustrades lead up to the doorway in the right bay, there is a fire window and two sash windows, and the other windows are casements. Inside the house is exposed timber framing.[4]
The house, which was restored in the 20th century, is timber framed on a brick plinth, partly replaced in brick and with a tile roof. It has a roughly L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay cross-wing and a two-bay hall range. The cross-wing is gabled with two storeys and an attic, the upper storey and attic jettied, a lower gabled bay with two stories and an attic, and the hall range with one storey and an attic. The windows are mullioned, and there are two gabled dormers.[5][6]
The house was remodelled, extended, and partly rebuilt in the 18th century. The original part is timber framed, the rebuilding and extensions are in brick, and the roof is tiled with coped verges on kneelers. There are two storeys and two parallel ranges, the rear range with a rear wing. The front has two bays, the ground floor is roughcast and contains a small window flanked by bay windows, and in the upper floor the windows are casements. The west front has four bays, and contains sash windows with raised keystones.[7]
A house, later a shop, that has been remodelled. It has a timber framed core, refronted in brick with a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays. In the left bay is a narrow cantedbay window, and to the right is a shop front with a tile roof on brackets. Above are two gableddormers, and there is exposed timber framing in the left gable end.[8]
A row of four houses that were remodelled in the 19th century. They are in red brick replacing timber framing, and have a tile roof. There are four storeys, four bays, and a gabled cross-wing on the right. There are two bow windows, the other windows being casements, and inside No. 8 is an inglenook fireplace and exposed timber framing.[9]
Two cottages, later combined into one, in painted brick on a timber framed core with a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays. The windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads, and the doorway to the right also has a segmental head. Above are tile-hung gableddormers with bargeboards, and inside there are timber framed partitions.[10]
The house, which was remodelled in the 18th century, is in brick on a timber framed core and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a low lean-to extension on the right. Steps lead up to the doorway, which is left of centre, and the windows are casements.[11]
A farmhouse with a timber framed core, later encased in brick, it has dentilledeaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, with a lower one-bay extension to the right with two storeys and an attic. On the front is a gabled porch, and the windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads.[12]
The farmhouse is timber framed with brick infill and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, four bays, and a lean-to extension on the right. On the front is a two-storey gabled porch with a mouldedbressumer, and the windows are casements.[13]
A pair of cottages, later combined into one house, it is in red brick with a band, chamferedquoins on the left, and a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a bow window with a doorway to the right, and casement windows. Above are three gableddormers with bargeboards, and inside is an inglenook fireplace.[14]
The cottage and attached farm buildings have been altered and extended. The early part is timber framed with brick infill, the additions are in painted brick, and the roof is tiled. The building has an L-shaped plan, the cottage has a rear wing, and the stable and cowhouse are to the southwest. The cottage has one storey and an attic, and contains casement windows, flat-roofed dormers, and a doorway with a rustic porch. The stable has a doorway with a fanlight and a segmental head, a casement window, and a loft opening, and the cowhouse has doors and a skylight. Inside the cottage is an inglenook fireplace.[15]
A house incorporating a shop that was remodelled in the 19th century, it is in red brick with a band, dentilledeaves, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and four irregular bays. In the ground floor to the left is a cantedbay window, with a door to the right. The main doorway has mouldedpilasters and a bracketed hood. Most of the windows are sashes with wedge lintels and raised keystones.[16]
The village cross is timber framed with a hexagonal tile roof, and has a hexagonal plan. It is open sided and has hexagonal timber posts at the angles and in the centre, the central post rising to form a cross. Inside is a patterned cobbled floor.[2][17]
A private house, later a public house, it is timber framed on a brick plinth, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The windows are casements.[2][18]
A school, later a private house, it was partly rebuilt in the 20th century. The early part is timber framed, the south bay is in brick and roughcast. There are two storeys, the upper storey is jettied, and a T-shaped plan, with three bays, and a central two-storey gabled porch with bargeboards and a finial. The upper storey of the south gable is tile hung, and the windows are casements.[19]
The farmhouse was remodelled in the 19th century. It is in red brick with a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof with corbelled verges. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan with a front of two bays. The central doorway has a segmental head, and the windows are casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace and a timber framed partition.[20]
The almshouses are in red brick with stone dressings on a plinth with moulded capping, and have quoins, coved eaves, and a tile roof, hipped to the right. There are two storeys, a U-shaped plan, and a front of six bays. The windows are iron latticed casements, those in the ground floor with segmental heads. The main doorways are paired, with moulded architraves and a curly pediment containing a coat of arms, and the other doorways have segmental heads.[5][21]
The farmhouse was later altered and extended. It is in red brick with diapering, and has bands, a mouldedeavescornice, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a hall range, a gabled cross-wing, and extensions at each end. The hall range has two bays, the right bay gabled, and contains a doorway with a fanlight and a hood on pilasters. To the left is an extension with one storey and an attic, and to the right is a lean-to extension. Most of the windows are casements with segmental heads.[22]
A red brick house with the gable end facing the street, bands and mouldedeaves courses on the sides, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The central doorway is approached by steps, and the windows are casements, those in the upper floor and attic with shaped lintels and raised keystones.[23]
The farmhouse, at one time an inn, is in red brick with stepped eaves bands. and tile roofs with crow-stepped gables. There is one storey and an attic, and a T-shaped plan. The doorway has a segmental head, the windows are casements, some with segmental heads, and there are gabled dormers. Inside, there is a timber framed partition.[24]
The barn is in red brick with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There is one storey and a loft, and a T-shaped plan with five bays. The openings include a cart entry, doorways with segmental heads, and inserted windows. In the north gable end are nesting holes and platforms, and in the south gable end is a loft door. Inside there are three upper cruck trusses.[25]
A house, later divided into two, it is in red brick and a tile roof. It has a main block with two storeys and three bays, a floor band, and a mouldedeaves course. To the left is a single-storey one-bay wing. The windows are casements with segmental heads, and each house has a lean-to porch.[26]
The public house, which was later remodelled, is pebbledashed with chamferedquoins, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and four bays, the left bay slightly lower, and the windows are casements.[27]
The former public house is in painted brick with a floor band, a mouldedeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, four bays, and a low single-bay extension on the right. The doorway has a moulded surround, the windows are casements with segmental heads and shaped lintels, and the window above the doorway is blind.[a][28]
The house, which is in red brick with tile roofs, was later altered and extended. The main block has two storeys and a parapet with three openings containing stone balusters. There are five bays and a central doorway with an elaborate surround, a rectangular fanlight, moulded brackets, a triple keystone, and an entablature. The windows are sashes with shaped lintels, raised keystones, and aprons. To the right is a lower wing with a dentilledeaves course, two storeys, two bays, and sash windows. The forecourt is enclosed by a dwarf wall and wrought iron wavy railings.[2][29]
A row of cottages built in two phases, the later phase added in the 19th century; they are in red brick with tile roofs. The earlier block has two storeys and an attic, four bays, a mouldedeaves course, and coped verges. The doorways have bracketed hoods, and the windows are casements with wedge lintels and raised keystones. The later block to the left is lower, with two storeys and two bays, a dentilled eaves course, and stone quoins. The doorways and windows, which are casements, have wedge lintels. In front of the cottages are gardens enclosed by dwarf walls, and cast iron gates and railings.[30]
A red brick house with a tile roof, two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes with shaped plaster heads and raised keystones.[31]
A red brick farmhouse with dentilledeaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, with a two-bay front and a rear wing. On the front is a central doorway in a conservatory, and the windows are casements.[32]
The barn is in red brick with a tile roof. There is one storey, four bays, and a lean-to extension to the left. It contains a doorway, loft openings and blocked ventilation holes.[b][33]
A pair of houses later combined into one, they were altered in the 19th century. The house is in red brick with a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and cellars, and five bays. There are two doorways that have flat hoods on console brackets and are approached by steps. In the left bay is a cantedbay window with a mouldedcornice and a flat hood, and the other windows are sashes with shaped lintels.[34]
A terrace of three cottages with tile roofs and two storeys. The main block is in red brick with five bays, a floor band, and a dentilledeavescornice, and to the left is a lower bay in painted brick. There are three doorways, the two on the right with bracketed hoods. The windows are casements, most with segmental heads.[35]
A pair of red brick cottages with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There are two storeys and four bays. The doorways have plain surrounds, and the windows are casements.[36]
The farmhouse is in red brick that has a tile roof with raised verges on kneelers. There are two storeys, a T-shaped plan, and five bays. In the centre is a gabled porch with shaped bargeboards and an apex finial. The windows are casements with shaped lintels and raised keystones.[37]
A pair of houses in orange brick with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The two doorways are approached by steps, and the windows are casements with shaped lintels.[38]
A red brick farmhouse with a floor band, a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a gabledportico and a doorway with a segmental head, and the windows are casements, also with segmental heads.[39]
The house, which was remodelled in the 19th century, is in red brick with a floor band, a mouldedeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The central doorway has a shaped head, to the left is a bay window, and the other windows are sashes with shaped lintels.[40]
A house and shop in red brick with a tile roof, and two storeys. The house has three bays, a central doorway with a moulded surround and a flat hood, and the windows are sashes. To the left is a projecting bay with a hipped roof, a shop front in the ground floor, and a sash window above. In front of the house is a small garden with a dwarf brick wall, cast iron railings, and a gate.[41]
A red brick house that has a tile roof with raised verges. There are two storeys and an attic, an L-shaped plan, and a front of three bays. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes with wedge lintels.[42]
The public house is in roughcast brick, with floor bands, a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, a front of three bays, and a low flat-roofed extension to the east. The windows are casements with false shutters.[43]
A red brick house with a dentilledeaves course, a tile roof, two storeys, and three bays. In the left bay of the ground floor is a lean-to extension with a slate roof containing a bow window. The doorway has panelled pilasters and a cornice hood, and the windows are sashes, those in the ground floor with cambered heads.[44]
A red brick house with a tile roof, two storeys, and three bays. The doorway is to the left of centre, with a moulded surround, a segmental head, and a bracketed hood. To the left is a cantedbay window, to the right is a sash window, and in the upper floor are casement windows, the middle window blind, and all have segmental heads.[45]
The house is in painted brick, with a band and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. In the ground floor are paired bay windows and a doorway to the right with a shaped lintel and a raised keystone. The windows are casements, also with shaped lintels and raised keystones. In front is a small garden enclosed by cast iron railings with fleur-de-lys heads and a gate.[46]
A house incorporating a shop, it is in red brick with a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. To the left is a shop front approached by steps. The other windows are sashes with shaped lintels and raised keystones.[47]
A red brick house with a tile roof, two storeys and an attic, and three bays. There is a central doorway, and the windows are sashes with shaped lintels and raised keystones.[48]
Originally the schoolmaster's house, it is in red brick, with corner pilaster strips and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and five bays. The door has a rectangular fanlight, the windows are sashes, and there are three hipped dormers.[2][49]
The farmhouse is in red brick with a band, a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and a basement, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of two bays, a projecting gable to the left, and a rear wing with two storeys and an attic. The windows are casements.[50]
The farm buildings are in red brick with tile roofs. The stable with a granary above are to the left, and the cowhouse is to the right, with one storey and four bays. They contain a casement window, doorways, and there are external steps in the west gable end.[52]
A red brick house with a dentilledeaves course, and a tile roof with corbelled verges. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The central doorway has a reeded surround and a cornice hood, and the windows are sashes.[53]
The monument is on the site of a medievalmanor house. It is in stone, and has four steps and a square plan, with a flat oversailing cap. On the east side is an inscribed plaque.[55][56]
Originally a coach house and stables, later converted into two houses, they are in red brick with a floor band and a dentilledeaves course. The roof to the left is tiled, and to the right it is slated. There are two storeys and eight bays. The fifth bay projects, it has a pediment, and contains a segmental-headed doorway. The flanking wings each contain a doorway with a pedimented porch. Some windows are casements, others are sashes, and there are blocked carriage arches.[57]
A red brick house with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a main range of three bays and a rear wing. In the left bay is a blocked carriage entrance with an inserted window. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes.[58]
The house was extended to the right later in the 19th century. It is in red brick with a band and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the right bay added later. The doorway has pilasters and a flat hood, and the windows are casements with wedge lintels and raised keystones.[59]
A pair of red brick houses with an eaves band and a slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. In the centre is an alley opening, and to the right is a bow window and a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and a bracketed hood. The other windows are sashes with bracketed hoods.[60]
The coach house and stable are in red brick with a floor band and a slate roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and an extension to the left. They contain a coach entrance, stable doors, all with segmental heads, and casement windows. From the northeast corner runs a 3 yards (2.7 m) length of wall and a gate pier.[61]
The stables are in red brick with a slate roof and three bays. They contain segmental-headed stable doors, a window, air vents, and a pitching hole.[62]
The farmhouse is at the entrance to Bagot's Park, and is in Tudor Revival style. It is in red brick with diapering, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic. The south front has two gabledbays and a gabled porch, and the west front also has three gabled bays, the middle bay recessed. The windows are mullioned with casements and hood moulds, and the gables have decorative bargeboards and finials.[63]
The farm buildings are in red brick with diapering, and they have a tile roof. There is one storey and a loft and four bays. The cartshed is on the left and contains a carriage arch and segmental-headed openings in the ground floor and loft. To the right is a lower range with a low extension.[64]
A pair of stuccoed houses with mouldedeaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. In the left bay is a carriage entrance with a four-centred arch, and the other bays have doorways with bracketed hoods. The windows are sashes with shaped lintels.[65]
A house incorporating a shop, it is in red brick with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays. Steps lead up to the two doorways that have bracketed hoods. In the left bay is a cantedbay window, and the other windows are sashes with shaped heads.[66]
The farmhouse is in red brick with sill bands and an overhanging hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting under a gable containing a date plaque. To the right is a recessed service wing with an extension. The central doorway has a Tuscan surround and a semicircular head. The windows are sashes, in the ground floor they are recessed under semicircular heads, in the upper floor they have plaster architraves, and the central window has a scrolled head. To the right runs a 3 yards (2.7 m) length of wall and a gate pier.[67]
A lodge at the entrance to Bagot's Park, it was designed by James Trubshaw. It is in brick with applied timber framing on a stone plinth with stone dressings, and has overhanging tile roofs with shaped frettedbargeboards and finials. There are two bays, the left bay with one storey and an attic, and the right bay a two-storey gabled porch. The porch has a mouldedTudor arched opening over which is a string course with carved goats' heads. The windows have moulded mullions, and in the left bay is a gabled dormer. The chimney stacks are decorated, including carvings of deer's heads. The attic in the south front is jettied, and in the ground floor is a mullioned and transomed window.[55][68]
The house is pebbledashed with a tile roof. There are three storeys, two bays, and a two-storey service wing to the right. The right bay is gabled with bargeboards. The doorway has a moulded surround, a rectangular fanlight, and a bracketed cornice hood. To the right of the doorway is a cantedbay window, and the other windows are sashes with shaped heads and raised keystones. In the service wing is a four-centred arched carriage entrance.[69]
A pair of red brick houses with a tile roof, two storeys and three bays. The doorways have bracketed hoods, and the windows are casements with returned hood moulds.[70]
The buildings are in red brick with tile roofs, and consist of three ranges forming three sides of a yard. Some of the stables have lofts, and the openings include loft doors, stable doors, cartshed entrances, and casement windows.[71]
The house is in painted brick with a dentilledeaves course and a tile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes with wedge lintels.[73]
The milepost is on the west side of the B5013 road. It is in cast iron with a triangular plan and a cambered top. On the top is inscribed "ABBOTS BROMLEY" and on the sides are the distances to Abbots Bromley, Uttoxeter, Handsacre, Burton upon Trent, and Lichfield.[74]
The milepost is on the west side of the B5013 road. It is in cast iron with a triangular plan and a cambered top. On the top is inscribed "ABBOTS BROMLEY" and on the sides are the distances to Abbots Bromley, Uttoxeter, Handsacre, Burton upon Trent, and Lichfield.[75]
The milepost is on the west side of the B5014 road. It is in cast iron with a triangular plan and a cambered top. On the top is inscribed "ABBOTS BROMLEY" and on the sides are the distances to Abbots Bromley, Uttoxeter, Handsacre, and Lichfield.[77]
The milepost is on the southeast side of the B5234 road. It is in cast iron with a triangular plan and a cambered top. On the top is inscribed "ABBOTS BROMLEY" and on the sides are the distances to Abbots Bromley, Newborough and Burton upon Trent.[78]
The lychgate at the entrance to the churchyard was designed by William Butterfield. It is timber framed, and has a hipped tile roof. The main gateway is to the left, and there is a small arched gateway to the right.[79]
The war memorial stands at a road junction, and is in Hollington stone. It has an octagonal base and a pedestal, on which is a tall, square shaft carrying a cross with gablets at its base. On the pedestal are Gothic panelled shafts at the corners, and slate panels with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the First World War.[81]