Monument record 15205 - Shoresclough Farmstead

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57977 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse: early eighteenth century altered nineteenth century. Coursed squared, buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof and two stone chimneys. Two parallel ranges. two-storeys, two-bay south front has two barge-boarded gables above broadened three-light windows, the lower examples retaining two stone mullions. Door in the range to the rear under plain stone lintel. Interior: Chamfered ceiling beam visible through the door.

<2> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

The farmstead, comprising two buildings and labelled Shores Clough, is depicted on this map.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 214/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This area is not depicted on the tithe map.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9374, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the farmhouse with two ranges of farm buildings to the immediate north-west, astride the lane which passes to the north of the farmhouse. Orchards are depicted adjacent to the house and to the west, and there is a well to the south.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Bluesky International APGB Imagery 2015-2017, SJ9374, 17/10/2017 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8848.

The farm buildings appear to have been converted, possibly to houses. The orchards are no longer extant.