Building record 179/0/21 - Sweet Briar Hall, Hospital Street

<1> Lake J.J., 1981, A History and Guide to Nantwich, p. 12 (Book). SCH66.

A late medieval town house of the Wilbrahams of Woodhey, extended and embellished in later C16. Building escaped fire of 1583

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.

Building is timber framed with plaster infill, has chevron decoration to the front with two jetties. Two decker bay window is an addition. Interior has some C18 features. Nos. 69 & 71 were once originally part of the Hall

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, Issue 3, p.53, Dent J S, 1975 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Two trial trenches laid out adjacent to Sweet Briar Hall in Hospital Street produced a quantity of medieval pottery dating from circa 1200 AD and suggested that the street was not built up until circa 1700 AD, when large quantities of pottery and glass vessels were thrown into a pit, indicating the possible existance of a public house nearby.

<4> Mercer E, 1975, English Vernacular Houses: A Study of Traditional Farmhouses and Cottages, p. 141 (Book). SCH1122.

Described and recorded by RCHME.

<5> Nantwich Town Council, 1977, Walkabout tour of Nantwich, p. 6 (Booklet-Leaflet). SCH7371.

Originally built in 1450 and which escaped the Great Fire of 1583. A private residence built by the Wilbrahams and sometimes used as a school. Contains an iron fire back dating to Charles I.