Building record 15824 - The White House, Wilmslow Road, Handforth

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 414959 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Former Methodist chapel, two houses and Sunday School, now two houses and storage: c.1840 but partly converted to Sunday School 1873. Washed and rendered brick, green painted Welsh slate roof and two brick chimneys. H-shaped plan. Northerly cross-wing is chapel with two-storey, symmetrical three-bay front. End bays have lancets with heavy label moulds. Similar mould over central board door with four-light mullioned and transomed window with crude intersecting tracery, small light above in the gable. Similar lancets down north side. Central portion is of two similar three bay houses with sixteen-pane sashes and half glazed doors approached by three stone steps with iron balusters. Southerly cross-wing is of two and a half storeys and two bays with sixteen-pane windows and blocked semi-circular headed light in the gable.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 184/2a, 1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts a building adjacent to the road at this location. It is described as 'house, buildings, yard and garden' and is occupied by Sarah Brown.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8584, 1872-1887 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a row of three adjoining buildings.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8584, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts a row of four adjoining buildings. Further buildings are located to the rear of the northern-most building. It is uncertain as to which building the Sunday School label applies.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8584, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts a row of four adjoining buildings. Further buildings are located to the rear of the northern-most building. It is uncertain as to which building the Sunday School label applies.