Building record 1165/1 - Ciss Green Farm

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56539 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse. Seventeenth century with extensive nineteenth century additions. Timber framed with wattle and daub and brick infill and brick with slate roof. Two storeys.

Farmyard front: Two-gabled front, the right hand one being of nineteenth century date with two-light casements to the ground and first floors and a single light attic window above. To left of this the seventeenth century portion has a renewed ground floor of nineteenth century brick with a rectangular bay window at right and a porch at left. To the first floor are six by two cells of small-framing with small-framing to the gable with quadrant infill to two of the cells. The gable is slightly jettied and has an ovolo-moulded bressumer. The left hand side is obscured by nineteenth century outshuts. The rear has the projecting gable-end of the seventeenth century portion at right which is covered in pebbledash render and has nineteenth century fenestration. One ridge stack to the left and gabled wing on the entrance front.

Interior: the kitchen has an ingle nook fireplace with an ovolo-moulded bressumer and chamfered ceiling beams. There is also a staircase which has 1½ flights of steps with a half landing. Splat balusters with moulded sides on the slope and square newel posts with reeded edges and faceted ball finials and a moulded hand rail. To the edge of the stair well is a band of moulded plasterwork showing knots of foliage and grapes

<2> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

This map depicts three buildings at this location.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts two buildings at this location. The lane is labelled Sess Lane.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 289/2, c.1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two buildings, a house and outbuilding, described as a homestead and garden.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8460, 1873-1891 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house, with an outbuilding to the north. This building has additions on the north-eastern end and north-western side. To the east is a small building, possibly pigsties. Labelled Cissgreen.