Building record 950/2 - Farmhouse, Farm Buildings and Watermill at Cattenhall

<1> Earl J, 1767, A Map of Cattenhall Demesne Belonging to John Giffard esq. (Maps and Plans). SCH8457.

This map depicts a T shaped range of buildings to the immediate north-west of the principal house and gardens (CHER 950/1).

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 225/2 c.1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the T shaped range of buildings shaded grey (farm buildings) and a small building to the immediate south-west shaded pink (farmhouse).

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 436675 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse, circa 1830. Flemish bond brown brick with pale headers; left gable-end rendered; graded grey slate roof. Two storeys; three windows; double pile. Sandstone plinth and rusticated quoins. Double half-glazed doors, six panes (margin panes at top and outer edge) with fielded panels below, in Roman Doric doorcase with entablature. Twenty-pane casements (with margin panes) under wedge lintels. A brick chimney on each gable end in front of ridge. Attached L-shaped farm building of sandstone at rear returning to right with driftway in corner.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5576, 1879 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicts an L shaped range connecting the farmhouse and the mill. The mill is labelled a T. mill. Further buildings are located to the immediate north of the mill building and to the immediate south of the east-west aligned part of the range.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 1999-2003, 1999-2003 Bluesky Survey, P 513 02_6853, 12/05/2002 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5482.

Some buildings to the north of the mill have been demolished. The farm buildings have been converted to housing.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 09/07/2018 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

House names may preserve the buildings former functions: watermill, drift house and coach house.