Building record 15965 - Willow Tree Cottage, Cross Lane, Dean Row

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 14/06/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Brick built house with a chimney at either gable end and stone slate roof. Two stories, with two bays, and presumably a central doorway. There is a probable nineteenth century two story, one bay extension at the north-eastern end, and a sympathetic modern extension, orientated at ninety degrees to the original house, at the south-western end. Tall chimney pots with crown-like tops. Modern single-story outbuilding to north-east.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 53/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicts the house with a similar sized outbuilding to the immediate north and directly adjacent to the road. Described as Homestead etc. occupied by Daniel Sutton.

<3> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

This map depicts two buildings at this approximate location.

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts two buildings at this approximate location.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8681, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house with an extension on the northern end. A range of buildings, adjacent to the road and larger than the house, are depicted to the immediate north. Two adjoining small outbuildings are depicted to the south-east of the house extension. An orchard is depicted to the south-west of the house.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8681, 1897 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The range of buildings adjacent to the road have been demolished, as have the two small outbuildings to the south-east. A new outbuilding is depicted to the north-east of the house. To the south-east of the new building is an open sided building, possibly a hay barn.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8681, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

A new building has been built to the north-east of the house. Otherwise, as previously depicted.

<8> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

As depicted on the 1897 map (see 6).