Conservation Area: Grappenhall Village Conservation Area (028)

Grappenhall Village Conservation area as designated lies to the south-east of Warrington, and to the south of both the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship and Bridgewater Canals. Most of the buildings are late seventeenth century or eighteenth century, constructed mainly from rendered brick with slate roofing, and the cobbled streets add a picturesque quality to the scene. On the whole the form of the village is compact, and an intimate atmosphere is created by the tight knit building groups and the density of surrounding trees, yet the central area is far more open as the tree line retreats, and a wider space is created between the Ram’s Head and the playing fields of the Grappehall residential school. The western and eastern edges of the conservation areas are defined by physical barriers. To the east, the Grappenhall bridge encloses the village and leads to the new development on the opposite bank of the canal. While to the west the road sweeps round to the north and the buildings and trees on this road enclose the village on this side. It was extended to the west and east in 1980.