Monument record 14126 - Preston Brook Tannery

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 334/2, c.1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The award records a house, outbuildings, yard, gardens and tan yard in the ownership and occupied by William Amery.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5680, 1875-1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicts 'Preston Tannery'. Tannery House is located at the northern end of the site adjacent to Chester Road. Outbuildings lie to the immediate south-east. At the southern end of the site is a complex of buildings. Between two of the larger buildings are a regular grid of structures which may be tanning pits. A pond or reservoir lies to the immediate south-east.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5680, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The area of the possible tanning pits (see 2) has been replaced by a large building. A large rectangular reservoir has been constructed on the south-eastern side of the site.

<4> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 23, no.1641, 16/05/1973 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

Most of the buildings in the southern part of the site have been demolished.

<5> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), Line 17, no.186, 31/08/1993 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

Tannery House has been demolished.

<6> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56011 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

House [dated] 1762 (on stone tablet at first floor) with alterations, brown brick with slate roof two storeys three bays. Added front porch entrance with lean-to roof. Window openings with stone sills and skewback heads, formerly with sash windows but now built up. Stone tablet in blank bay at first floor inscribed MM R with the date. Interior: ceiling beams.