Building record 16022 - Croft House and Attached Outbuilding, Sandiway

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Summary

Pair of estate cottages: dated 1906 by and for John Douglas. English garden wall bond pink brick with buff terracotta dressings, upper storey timber-framed with plastered infill, purple tile roof with 2 ridge brick chimneys with pilasters. 2-storey symmetrical 4-bay south front. Upper storey has large panels with arch braces on a continuous bressumer decorated with roundels and inscribed FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD

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<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 402980 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Pair of estate cottages: dated 1906 by and for John Douglas. English garden wall bond pink brick with buff terracotta dressings, upper storey timber-framed with plastered infill, purple tile roof with 2 ridge brick chimneys with pilasters. 2-storey symmetrical 4-bay south front. Upper storey has large panels with arch braces on a continuous bressumer decorated with roundels and inscribed
FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD
It contains 2 timber-framed half dormers with pairs of 2-light wooden casements with baluster decoration below and tiebeams inscribed JD and STD in Gothick lettering. End bays below have 4-light. terracotta windows with basket arched heads and turned column baluster mullions. Central pair of bays recessed and bressumer carried on a braced wooden post. Single lights in reveals and 4-light windows with segmental heads in main portion. Date on gable end and entry to rear. Attached by a coped brick wall to the rear is a pair of 1-storey outbuildings (wash house and toilet) in similar materials. Interior: no special features. Also part of Douglas's Village Green, with the church and nos. 80 and 82 Weaverham Road.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 402980. [Mapped features: #62163 ; #62164 ]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6053 7117 (16m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ67SW
Civil Parish CUDDINGTON, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Historic Township/Parish/County WEAVERHAM CUM MILTON, WEAVERHAM, CHESHIRE

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Mar 27 2025 3:16PM