Building record 2195/3 - Lima Farmhouse

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Summary

An eighteenth century farmhouse which was substantially altered in 1833.

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Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58016 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse: early eighteenth century with major alterations dated 1833. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and two stone gable chimneys. Double pile plan. Two-storey, symmetrical, three-bay front. End bays have large windows with fixed glazing bars, with a panel of four sliding horizontally, under hammer-dressed lintels. Open gabled porch has partial ashlar front with bead moulded heavy lintel. Four-board door with iron strap hinges behind, smaller but similar window above. To rear left end bay has four-light chamfered stone mullions and central bay has a similar four-light and a two-light above (both partly blocked).

Interior: Not seen but timber-framed partition walls with stone flagged infill and heavy ceiling beams reported.

A double-pile plan with seventeenth style mullioned windows and interior details.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58016. [Mapped features: #53428 58016; #53429 58016]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 950 777 (13m by 13m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97NE
Civil Parish RAINOW, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County RAINOW, PRESTBURY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2021 9:09AM