Building record 2180/1 - Doncasterhill Farm

<1> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Doncasterhill Farm is depicted and named on this map.

<2> 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 this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9375, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the farmhouse and attached buildings. There is a pump in the yard. There are some attached outbuildings on the sourthern side and a free standing one to the west.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9375, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

An L-shaped range of buildings has been constructed to the south and west, adjacent to the road.

<5> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57976 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse and attached farmbuildings: c.1700, farmbuildings extended eighteenth century, end wall and addition to house mid nineteenth century. Coursed squared buff and pink sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and two stone chimneys. Farmhouse has two-storey, four-bay front. First and third bays have two-light wooden casements under stone lintels, the upper ones in barge-boarded half dormers with heavy roof timbers. Door between under plain stone lintel. Rubble band at first floor level. Right end bay has a single light. Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams. Timber framed partition wall (hidden) and a dogleg flight of stone steps. Attached farm buildings form the north range of a courtyard, and have two successive additions, making a long corn and hay barn. Openings under plain stone lintels and a line of ventilation slots above. Interior: Earliest element has a roof truss of tiebeam, two diagonal struts and a collar, and through purlins and a ridge.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 03/11/2020 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The L-shaped range is now converted to houses.