Building record 6697 - Kingswood Cottage, Delamere Forest

<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, MAN/HB 32 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

Typical Victorian house. Decorative tile ridge with tile finials on the half hipped ends.

<3> Lancaster Archaeological Unit, 2001, Cheshire Boreholes Cheshire: Archaeological Assessment, 56 (Client Report). SCH4257.

Cottage identified on the Ordnance Survey map of 1910 (see 7) and labelled Castlehill Cottage, renamed Kingswood Cottage on current sheet.

<4> L-P Archaeology, 2012, Desk Based Assessment for Land at Delamere Forest, 6.6.17-18 (Client Report). SCH7147.

Kingswood Cottage dates to between 1881 and 1898.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5372, 1873-1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This building is not depicted on this map.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5372, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

A new building, correspondings to Kingswood Cottage, has been constructed to the south-east of Castlehill Cottage.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5372, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The original cottage has been demolished and this building is labelled Castlehill Cottage.