Listed Building: THE TIG HOUSE IN THE WILDERNESS GARDEN, ADLINGTON HALL (1138896)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 203, 3, 23
Date assigned 06 July 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 98 SW ADLINGTON C.P. MILL LANE (South Side) 3/23 The Tig House in the Wilderness Garden, Adlington Hall. II Summerhouse: mid C18 for Charles Legh. Red brick partly clad with black and white painted timber framing. Stone-slate pyramidal roof with a wooden finial at the apex. Square in plan and formerly open on 3 sides (now only 2). Open faces have timber panels with quatrefoil decoration flanking flattened ogee headed opening partly hidden by curved wooden brackets. Interior: later fixed 2m square stone table, the top of a single dressed piece resting on 4 square legs with recessed hammer-dressed panels on each face. The ceiling has Charles Legh's monogram in a circular panel. Listing NGR: SJ9046280471

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58189. [Mapped features: #2758 58189; #8064 58189]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9053 8017 (4m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ98SW
Civil Parish ADLINGTON, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2010 11:06AM