Building record 179/0/2 - Dysart Buildings

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 431254 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

A terrace of late eighteenth century houses. Red brick; three storeys; five-windowed projecting bays at each end with quadrant corners; twenty-seven regularly spaced sash windows with stone sills (no arches); nine moulded wood pilaster doorcases with panelled reveals, radial fanlights, open pediments and six-panelled doors; plain eaves; hipped slate roof. Some restoration, and alteration at west end with additional projecting bay. Nos 1 to 9 (consec) Dysart Buildings form a group.

<2> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, p.287 (Book). SCH3078.

A surprisingly metropolitan perfectly even terrace of houses.

<3> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.497 (Book). SCH7059.

A perfectly even terrace of nine two and a half storey houses. Built 1778-9 on land belonging to the Earl of Dysart. All have possibly later timber pedimented doorcases. The end of terrace houses have curved wings.

<4> Nantwich Town Council, 1977, Walkabout tour of Nantwich (Booklet-Leaflet). SCH7371.

<5> Fenna, Jas, 1794, Plan of the Township of Nantwich (Maps and Plans). SCH1221.

Depicted and named on this map.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1851, Nantwich Board of Health Map (Maps and Plans). SCH2431.

The houses, outbuildings, and gardens are depicted in detail on this map.