Building record 41/0/15 - Church Farmhouse and Cottage, Village Street, Burton

1670 with later alterations and additions. Brown brick farmhouse, part with sandstone plinth. Two storeys, plus attic. Two windows with later one window wing (wing is Church Cottage). Toothed band at first floor andband at second floor. Sandstone copings and corbels at gable to west. Slate roof. Near flush frame windows, with small panes. Six panelled entrance door. Stone on gable inscribed AD 1670. Interior: beams (1). Farmhouse is the oldest major brick building in Burton Vilage. Cottage possesses good cruck blades with mutilated collars (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.

<2> PH Booth, 1984, Burton in Wirral, A History (Monograph). SCH3867.