Listed Building: HOLLY TREE COTTAGE | TOWER HILL HOUSE (1136888)

Find out more about .

Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 202, 2, 155
Date assigned 09 December 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 97 NW 2/155 RAINOW C.P. TOWER HILL (East Side) Tower Hill House and Holly Tree Cottage GV II Formerly house and stables, now 2 houses: C17 core with late C18 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 4 stone chimneys. L-shaped plan with added range. 2-storey, 3-bay south front. Left 2 bays have rubble hood moulds over a 3-light stone mullion and 3 C20 altered openings. West front shows heavy roof timbers in gable and primitive architrave over 6-panelled door to Tower Hill House, and projecting part at left end has 2, 2-light chamfered stone mullions to the cellar and 2 windows at the rear. A window with horn used as glazing is reported. Interior: Holly Tree Cottage has timber-framed partition walls and heavy ceiling beams. Tower Hill has late C18 6-panelled doors, moulded panels in window reveals and 2 pine panelled cupboards in chimney breast. Dogleg painted mahogany staircase with square balusters under a moulded elliptical opening with panelled soffits. 2 chamfered beams in kitchen with flat stops. Listing NGR: SJ9476975755

External Links (1)

Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58066. [Mapped features: #3119 58066; #8425 58066]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9477 7575 (20m by 28m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97NW
Civil Parish RAINOW, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

May 20 2025 12:13PM