Building record 6374 - Ottersbank Farm, Fishpool Lane, Delamere

<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, DEL/HB 2 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

Seven Lows Farm, Fishpool Lane. Part dwelling; part animal storage. Condition: fair. No access. "The central part's still used for storing animals" - the owner.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Not depicted on this map.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5667, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts north-south aligned range separated into two parts of equal size and with a smaller part on the southern end. A pump is depicted to the east of the building.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5667, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

As previously depicted. The area to the immediate east of the building has been subdivided. A small building has been constructed to the north.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5667, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Further outbuildings have been constructed to the north and west.

<7> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 18/03/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A substantial complex of farm buildings was constructed to the north, east, and south-east is the latter half of the twentieth century, with some of these farm buildings converted into housing and/or other uses during the 1990s and twenty-first century. The original range depicted on historic maps has undergone not insubstantial alterations and additions during this time.

<8> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, (18/03/2024) (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.