Site Event/Activity record ECH6788 - Proposed New Dwelling at Middlecale Farm, Lyme Handley, Cheshire East: Heritage/Archaeological Assessment

A heritage assessment and photographic record was produced in 2019 in support of a proposed development at Middlecale Farm, Lyme Hanley. The site lies within the linear conservation area that is focussed on the Macclesfield Canal which opened in 1831 and was one of the last narrow inland waterways to be constructed. The Middlecale Pit, which closed in the late nineteenth century, adjoined to the north-west of the site. The proposed development site lies to the rear of Middlecale Cottages and is occupied by two undesignated, early-mid nineteenth century, single-storey buildings which were originally used as stables for pit ponies, also one incorporated a smithy. The development proposal includes the demolition of these buildings and their replacement with a new dwelling. The buildings are of historical interest due to their association with Middlecale Pit. (1)