Monument record 1241/0/1 - The Sandings, Chelford Road, Knutsford

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Bott OJP, 1987 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Seventeenth century house on Chelford Road, Knutsford. Not listed. Exterior is rendered on an oak frame and there are indications of an altered cruck frame inside. A ornamental frame now forms a partition by the stairs across the house and suggests that originally there was an open hall. Smoke hood now in airing cupboard.

<2> Cheshire East Council, 2024, Knutsford Legh Road Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p.12 (Report). SCH9660.

A series of large dwellings along the western edge of Chelford Road, which were established from at least as early as the seventeenth century and survive now, buried deep within the plots, often partially hidden by trees. These include Tithe House, the Old Court House, The White Cottag,e and Sandings (Corner Cottage in 1871). It is now a mid nineteenth century villa of white painted brickwork, with bracketed eaves, hipped Welsh slate roofs and large windows, heavily articulated, with projecting hipped bays to the east.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 316/2 c.1848 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts a house at this location.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7677, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

A house, named Obelisk Cottage, is depicted at this location on this map.