Building record 353/2/2 - Churchside Cottage

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 422368 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Seventeenth century almshouse or house. Timber framed with brick infill and roof of asbestos tiles. Single storey. The eastern (road) front has 9 x 2 cells of small framing with a door to the fifth cell from the right, a 2-light window at the extreme right and a 2-light casement window to the third cell from the left. Gable chimney stack to the left hand end. The rear has 9 x 2 cells of small framing and two 3-light nineteenth century casement windows.

<2> Earthworks Archaeological Services, 1994, Churchyardside Cottage, Wrenbury, Cheshire: An Archaeological Assessment, p.6 (Client Report). SCH4131.

An assessment carried out in 1994 reports that the earliest structure known to have occupied the site was a school house; built after 1605. It is possible that Churchyardside Cottage, lying adjacent to the scholl was the school masters house. However, sources make no reference to a school masters house, though this may be due to it not being part of the school's endowment. It does seem certain that there were no hospital or almshouse in Wrenbury.