Building record 5946 - Brownhayes Farm, Yatehouse Lane

<1> Vale Royal Borough Council, 2006, Vale Royal Borough Council's List of Locally Important Buildings (Report). SCH5487.

Criterion (C): Buildings Formerly Listed at Grade III which are no longer on the statutory list.

<2> Vale Royal Borough Council, 1977-79, The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey Index Card, RUD/HB 12 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

A brown brick farmhouse predominantly dating from the eighteenth century, but with fragments of an earlier seventeenth century building surviving.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 14/2 (Report). SCH1934.

A former grade III Listed of Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Eighteenth century two storey, three window, brown brick farmhouse with wing to north, incorporates fragments of seventeenth century work. Interior: Ovolo-moulded beam above former wide fireplace. Several ledged doors have old strap hinges. Original paving. Otherwise with modern alterations including staircase.

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

The farm, comprising three buildings, is depicted and labelled on this map.

<5> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.II p.199 (Book). SCH3228.

The earliest documentary reference to the place-name 'Browne heyes' dates from 1650.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 345/2, 1842 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the farmhouse, the barn to the east and a small outbuilding to the south.

<7> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, (17/01/2020) (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.