Leighton House
LEIGHTON HOUSE, LEIGHTON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387676
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Leighton House
- Statutory Address:
- LEIGHTON HOUSE, LEIGHTON ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-04-15
- Reference:
- IOE01/09289/27
- Rights:
- © Mr Keith Walker. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387676
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Apr-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Leighton House
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEIGHTON HOUSE, LEIGHTON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LEIGHTON HOUSE, LEIGHTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Neston
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 28680 79263
Details
NESTON
SJ27NE LEIGHTON ROAD, Leighton 794-1/1/42 (East side) 22/03/74 Leighton House (Formerly Listed as: LEIGHTON, Parkgate Leighton House and farm buildings adjoining to north of Leighton House)
GV II
House now subdivided as 2 dwellings. Early C18, probably with earlier origins; C19 and C20 alterations and extensions. Coloured roughcast brick with painted stone plinth and rusticated quoins; slate roof with rendered stacks. EXTERIOR: entrance front: 2 storeys and attic; 5-bays. Oak door on strap hinges, refixed in a single-storey canted porch which contains a half-glazed door. Windows are sashes with horizontal sliding sashes to attic; C20 stormguard and top hung casements. Rear has gable end wall of 2 storeys and attics, 2 windows; 2-storey 3-bay extensions to right, right end extension set forward. Gable wall has one canted bay and one square bay window on ground floor; extension at right end has square bay. Square bays have French doors, canted bay tall casements with glazing bars. First floor and attic windows are recessed sashes with stone sills and glazing bars. Right return of 2-storey 2-window front. To left is wide 2-storey square bay window with small pane casements; to right, one sash window on each floor. Raised first floor and eaves bands, moulded eaves cornice and parapet, all of painted stone. INTERIOR: earlier part has 6-panel doors, cornice in west room of fruits and foliage, staircase with splat balusters and refixed C17 chimneypiece in lounge. Later part has C19 staircase with formed balusters, 4-panel doors. On first floor, hob grate in oak chimneypiece on landing: 4-panel doors with centre lock rail and raised and fielded panels.
Listing NGR: SJ2868079263
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475662
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 26-Jun-2026 at 11:51:50.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.