Building record 6/6 - Corner House Farmhouse, The Green, Willaston

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1387744 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Manor house, later farmhouse, now public house. 1637, with alterations and extensions c.1700; converted and extended to form public house c.1983. Coursed squared red sandstone with two extension wings of brown brick in English bond, one now rendered; slate roofs with massive stack to original build.

EXTERIOR. entrance front: original building two storeys and attic with single gabled front; to right, two-storey three-window wing with projecting single-storey porch. Studded door in gabled porch which has two-light mullioned windows in the returns. Gabled front has twelve by twelve sash window on ground floor, eight by eight sash with cambered stone arch on first floor, three-light stone mullioned window in attic. Wing has small-pane sash windows with one-course segmental brick arches, raised brick bands at first floor and eaves levels, and moulded cornice. Left return: three-bay return of original building to right of two-storey one-bay extension. At centre of original building is massive projecting full-height stack. On ground floor to right three-light flush casement inserted in unblocked original window opening: on first floor, windows are stone mullioned. Extension has twentieth century bow window on ground floor and raised brick bands as entrance front extension.

INTERIOR: exposed beams and ceiling joists throughout lower storeys; exposed purlins and ridgetree in attic. Firebeam to ground floor and elaborate stone fireplace with corniced overmantel and flower decoration on frieze, at first floor level.

<2> Cheshire County Council, 1972, Conservation Stage II Report Willaston Neston Urban District, p.80-1 (Report). SCH3706.

Two storeys and attic, with eighteenth century brick wing. Slate roof. Fine interior details.

The roof, sandstone and gutters need extensive repair. Much of the interior has been well restored revealing a massive inglenook. This very fine house contains many interesting and unusual features including an extensively decorated stone mantel, and may merit listing at Grade II*.

<3> Bryan E.C. & Morris D, 1997, Willaston's Heritage (Second Edition), p.24 (Book). SCH3852.

In first floor room there is a stone mantel over fireplace dated 1637, though a conjectural pre 1637 date of construction is suggested. Now modernised as the Pollard Inn.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ 37 NW 8 (Index). SCH2487.

Corner House Farmhouse. A red sandstone manor of two storeys and attic, with a slate roof, built 1637. It was converted to a farmhouse about 1700, with brick wings on the right-hand side and at the rear. The original part is rectangular with mullioned windows and has a gabled portion to the front. Grade 2* (see 5). [TPW 05/06/1980].

<5> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Neston UD Cheshire 22/03/1974 37 (Report). SCH1934.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1951-1992, National Grid Overhaul and Re-survey Edition A (Epoch A5), 1965 (Maps and Plans). SCH9384.

<7> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 20/10/2023 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.