Monument record 1900/1 - Poolbank Cottage

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1312557 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse: seventeenth century substantially rebuilt in early nineteenth century on original lines. Washed Flemish bond brick on sandstone plinth, some timber-framing. Thatched roof with corrugated iron over, two gable and one ridge brick chimneys. one-storey and attic, four-bay north front. three-light wooden casements under shallow segmental brick heads, the one above breaking roof line. Partly glazed door in the second bay. Right end bay is lower and blank, in timber-framing. Interior: three-room plan, heavy ceiling beams, one chamfered, one bead moulded, and chamfered joists. Central fireplace may be blocked inglenook. Tiebeam and collar trusses and wind-braced purlins.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 08/08/2018 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The cottage was demolished with permission c.1994. It was proposed that parts of the timber framing were re-used in the construction of a new farmhouse. This particular building was never built and it isn't known what happened to the retained timber framing.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4967, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.