Building record 14049 - Lime Tree House Farmhouse and attached Cow House, Grade II Listed, Stanney Lane

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England (Web Site). SCH6528.

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON STANNEY LANE SJ 47 SW (west side) 6/50 Lime Tree Farmhouse and 1.6.67 attached shippon(formerly listed In the C.P. of Little Stanney as Lime Tree Farm House and farm building (ie formerly in Chester RD: THIS part of Little Stanney has been transferred)) II Formerly farmhouse, cottage and attached farm building, now cottage converted to shop: later C18. English garden wall bond red brick Welsh slate roof and 2 gable brick chimneys. 2-storey, 5-bay front. Left 3 bays are near- symmetrical farmhouse. 3-light wooden casements without glazing bars under rough-brick segmental heads on end bays. Similar 2-light above 2-panelled door under gabled hood. Has a blank attic and brick corbelling under eaves, and a single added dormer in the roof. Lower former cottage added to right has similar 2-light casements with a shop front in the gable end. At right angles to rear is a 2-storey farm building with a shippon below and a hayloft with a line of diamond pattern ventilation holes. INTERIOR: Not inspected, but said to be of interest.

<2> The Environmental Dimension Partnership, 2017, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire: Archaeological and Heritage Assessment, R4071, p.22 (Client Report). SCH8327.

A desk-based assessment undertaken in 2017, in advance of development of the field to the north of Lime Tree Farm, discusses historic cartographic evidence relating to the farm. The earliest map of Little Stanney dates to 1736 and shows a building in the same location and same alignment as the current Lime Tree Farmhouse and cottage; also shown is a long, rectanguar building, orientated north-west/south-east, immediately to the north of the farmhouse. On the Tithe Map of 1844, the farmhouse and attached cottage are again depicted, although there is no attached shippon/cow house at this stage. Also, the building to the north-east of the farmhouse, is different in size and shape, appearing as a smaller, L-shaped building. The shippon first appears on the OS First Edition map of 1881, as a structure attached to the north-west side of the farmhouse. However, the building to the north-east of the farmhouse is no longer depicted. Trees or orchards are depicted to the south and west of the farmhouse. The OS Second Edition map of 1898 shows an additional long building immediately to the west of the farmhouse. No notable changes to the farm layout are evident until the 1939 OS map which shows a number of additonal outbuildings.