Building record 5551 - Park Lodge, 149 Buxton Road, Macclesfield

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

Park Lodge is a decorated single storey building constructed of stone with quoins and timber windows with a large bay window on the front elevation. It is finished with a ridged roof and plain tiles.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 214/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The lodge is not depicted on this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1873-4, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Macclesfield (Maps and Plans). SCH4489.

The lodge is not depicted on this map.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9273, 1897-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The lodge is first depicted on this map. A further smaller building and large glasshouse are depicted to the immediate east.

<5> Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd, Various, Parks & Gardens UK (Web Site). SCH6814.

Victoria Park is a municipal park which was opened in 1894. It was previously part of an earlier garden landscape.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 02/09/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A gate lodge to Victoria Park. Much of this park was formerly part of the gardens of Fence House, which was demolished sometime between 1871 and 1898, incorporated into a public park opened in 1894 (see 6). This lodge is located at the former entrance to Fence House and the later public park, and a further lodge is located to the north-west (see CHER 5526).