Building record 5249 - Windyway House, 101 Buxton Old Road, Macclesfield

<1> Cheshire East Council, 2010, Cheshire East LDF Local List of Historic Buildings (Report). SCH5404.

Windyway House is a property from the Victorian period, and was originally a quarry owner’s house with links to Teggs Nose Quarry. The property features arched windows and a columned portico.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 254/2, 1848 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicted as plot 1 on this map. Described in the award as house and pleasure grounds occupied by the Reverend Hugh Thomas Downman.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9573, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house labelled Windyway House. Gardens extend to Saddler's Way to the south-west. A belt of woodland is planted along the south-eastern boundary. Addittional buildings lie to the immediate north-east of the house and extend along the north-eastern boundary to Buxton Old Road. To the immediate nort-east of this boundary is a quarry.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9573, 1897-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Most of the garden is now a quarry.

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

The house is not depicted on this map.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 09/03/2023 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.