Listed Building: CROSTON COTTAGE (1234402)

SJ 87 NE 5/60 ALDERLEY EDGE C.P MACCLESFIELD ROAD (North Side) Croston Cottage. II House: 1847 with early C20 additions. Rendered brick on plinth with Welsh slate roof and 4 plastered chimneys. Tudor Gothick style. Originally L-shaped now square. 2-storey, 3-bay west front. Left end bay has recessed 2-light windows with glazing bars and intersecting tracery in the heads, the one above under a hood mould in a barge boarded gable. Similar windows in right end bay which steps forward. Central chamfered doorcase has 4-centred arched head above half-glazed door. Above is 2-light window opening onto balcony above door, with plain parapet. Tracery in windows on the sides. Interior: Staircase has square balusters, mahogany handrail and shaped open string. 2 original fireplaces with cast-iron grates, one with engaged columns 4-panelled doors. The best preserved of the early speculator's houses on the Edge. Listing NGR: SJ8527777998