Building record 6658 - The Horns, Acton Bridge

<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, LLE/HB 15 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

Public house dated 1734: condition fair. Former grade III Listed Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (see 3).

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

1734 two storey two window brick Inn, painted, (with modern additions each side). Slate roof. Near flush casements. Simple door-case. Stone tablet, above entrance, inscribed SE M 1734. Interior: beams. Various alterations.

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

Depicted and labelled as 'The Horns' on this map.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 239/2 1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicted and recorded as a public house owned and occupied by William Fairclough.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 03/12/2019 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Similar in date to the completion date of the nearby Weaver Navigation (1730).