Listed buildings in Marston, Cheshire

Lion Salt Works and the Trent and Mersey Canal

Marston is a village and a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains seven buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[1] Running through the parish is the Trent and Mersey Canal. The listed buildings consist of a milepost on the canal, a farmhouse and farm building, and four structures associated with the Lion Salt Works. The latter is also a scheduled monument.^[2] It is "the only substantially intact example in the county of a works producing white crystal salt by the evaporation method",^[3] and houses "the only remaining natural brine pumping open pan salt works in Europe".^[4]

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Lane Ends House 53°17′11″N 2°29′38″W / 53.2865°N 2.4939°W / 53.2865; -2.4939 (Lane Ends House)	—	1695	This is a brick building with a slate roof in two storeys plus attics and cellar. Its plan consists of a main wing, a cross wing, and a two-storey porch in the angle between them. The windows are casements.[5][6]
Farm building, Lane Ends House 53°17′11″N 2°29′36″W / 53.2865°N 2.4934°W / 53.2865; -2.4934 (Farm building, Lane Ends House)	—	1750 !18th century (probable)	A L-shaped brick building in two storeys with a slate roof, which was originally a shippon, stable and barn. Features include doorways, casement windows, pitching eyes, and external stone steps.[7]
Canal milepost 53°16′53″N 2°30′27″W / 53.28136°N 2.50739°W / 53.28136; -2.50739 (Canal milepost)		1814	A cast iron milepost consisting of a circular post carrying a curved plate inscribed with the distances to Preston Brook and Shardlow. The maker's name and the date are on a quatrefoil on the shaft.[8]
Canal salt shed, Lion Salt Works 53°16′33″N 2°29′43″W / 53.2757°N 2.4953°W / 53.2757; -2.4953 (Canal salt shed, Lion Salt Works)	—	1850 !Mid 19th century	A timber-framed weatherboarded building with a corrugated asbestos roof. At one end is a loading door, and at the other end is a door leading to the Trent and Mersey Canal. It was used for transferring salt from the works to canal boats.[9]
Office, Lion Salt Works 53°16′30″N 2°29′42″W / 53.27487°N 2.49498°W / 53.27487; -2.49498 (Office, Lion Salt Works)	—	1875 !Late 19th century	A timber-framed building with brick nogging and a slate roof. It is in a single storey, with a door and two casement windows. It has retained its internal Victorian office fittings. The office is designed so that it can be lifted in the event of subsidence due to salt extraction.[5][10]
Pan sheds, Lion Salt Works 53°16′31″N 2°29′42″W / 53.2753°N 2.4951°W / 53.2753; -2.4951 (Pan sheds, Lion Salt Works)		1875 !Late 19th century	This is a U-shaped building, the legs of the U containing salt pans and stoves for the evaporation of salt, which are linked by a warehouse. It is constructed in weatherboarded timber framing and brick, with a corrugated asbestos roof.[4][5]
Engine shed and pump house, Lion Salt Works 53°16′30″N 2°29′42″W / 53.27505°N 2.49497°W / 53.27505; -2.49497 (Engine shed and pump house, Lion Salt Works)	—	1900 !c. 1900	A simple building in brick and timber, with a square brick chimney. It contains a steam engine to work a beam pump to raise brine.[5][11]

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