Monument record 6190 - Island Farm, Dutton

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

Criterion E: Buildings Included in the Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey 1977-79

<2> Vale Royal Borough Council, 1977-79, The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey Index Card, DUT/HB 8 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

Small house. Brick built. Mixture of brick/stone lintels. Stone lintels/stone sills, sash windows. Brick lintels/stone sills casements. Windows - sash front only, casement rear and sides. Lean-to extension to rear.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 10/13 (Report). SCH1934.

Island Farm House. Grade III. Eighteenth century altered, two stoey red brick framhouse. Near-flush-frame windows, some sash with plazing bars, some casements. Slate roof. Condition good.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.194 (Book). SCH3228.

Formerly Dutton Bottoms Farm. The new name arose from the creation of an island between the old and new courses of the River Weaver by the New Cut constructed for the Weaver Navigation. This location seems to be Actonbothum held by Thomas de Dutton and mentioned in documents of 1355 and 1357.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 146/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The farm is not depicted on this map.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 05/08/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The EPNS volume (see 4) identified Island Farm as Dutton Bottoms Farm. However, Island Farm is not depicted on the 1841 tithe map (see 5). Dutton Bottoms Farm is depicted c.240 metres to the south-east of this location. Dutton Bottoms Farm is not depicted on the later 1877 Ordnance Survey map (see 6) where as Island Farm is, suggesting it replaced the former farmstead. The date given in the list description is clearly incorrect (see 3). The explanation given for the name (see 4) is probably correct.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5877, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a rectangular range of farm buildings orientated north-east to south-west. To the south is the farmhouse, with a smaller building attached. To the south-west is an orchard. Labelled Island Farm.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5877, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The range has been extended towards the north-eastern end forming a L-shape. Two new buildings are located to the south-east and west. A bridge across the River Weaver is depicted to the south-east. Labelled Island Farm.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5877, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

As previously depicted.