Building record 6781 - The Cottage, Shop Lane, Little Budworth

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

Criterion G: Buildings suggested to the Department of National Heritage for ''Spot Listing'' which have not been included on the Statutory List

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 238/2 c.1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts a small square building adjacent to the road.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5966, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a small square building adjacent to Shop Lane, with two adjoining smaller buildings or extensions on the south-eastern side.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5966, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts a small square building adjacent to Shop Lane.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 23/12/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A small cottage built of irregular standstone blocks and rendered. Roof is of slate. Low chimney of south-eastern elevation. Two windows to the right (ground and first floor). One window (ground) on the north-western elevation. Late twentieth century extensions to rear. Construction of this building probably post dates the enclosure of this area sometime between 1819 and 1831 (see 6 & 7).

<6> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

<7> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.