Building record 1396/1 - The Stone House

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58220 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Formerly farmhouse, now house: dated 1634 with nineteenth and twentieth century alterations. Ashlar buff sandstone, Kerridge stone-slate roof and three brick chimneys. H-plan house with door into the hall. Two-storey, four-bay front. Chamfered plinth with a projecting moulded bond at the first floor. End bays step forward slightly and have nineteenth century tall broad three-light stone mullions below and casements in now stuccoed but originally timber framed gables. Right bay has plaque in moulded surround at first floor reading E*M IxF. To left of centre is a seven-light rebated chamfered stone mullioned and transomed window and to right a double rebated doorcase with twentieth century six-panelled door. Above is a two-light casement in a gabled half dormer. Another plaque on the first floor band reads JMV 1634 with a star and double crosses. Some brick extensions to the rear.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 103/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the house sub-divided into two properties described as cottages and gardens occupied by William Chadwick and Peter Booth.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8478 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicted as a single property with adjoining structures to the north-east.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 2017-, Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping (vector), 22/02/2023 (Maps and Plans). SCH8429.