Building record 1675 - Tinkwood

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 55146 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

House, late seventeenth to early eighteenth century with additional wing and alterations. Brown brick, with stone dressings. Slate roof. Square, two storey house with attics and cellars. Symmetrical garden front with five windows. Replaced sashes with glazing bars, some recently unblocked, with gauged brick heads and header sills. Central stone door-case has heavy moulded architrave and supports flat projecting canopy. Moulded stone plinth and band and rusticated quoins. Replaced central brick stack. Cellar window has stone mullion. Interior: Oak close string stair has moulded rail, twisted balusters, and square newels. In attic it has altered turned balusters brought from Broxton estate. Stop chamfered beams, including inglenook bressummer. Panelling also brought from outside.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.IV p.29 (Book). SCH3228.

The place-name possibly derives from the Tyncoyd mentioned in a document of 1320. It possibly means the little holding by the wood or the house in the wood.

<3> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

Tinkwood is depicted and labelled on this map.

<4> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

The house is depicted, but not named on this map.

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

The house is depicted, but not named on this map.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 133/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicted on this map and described as a'house, building, yard and garden.