Building record 1304/1 - Boothbank Farmhouse

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/34 (Report). SCH1934.

Boothbank Farmhouse, Reddy Lane. c.1670. Brick with stone slate and slate roof, but originally thatch with stone dressings. Baffle-entry plan. Entrance front: three bays with original 17th century ovolo-moulded door surround. Band of two bricks depth between floors. Stone dressings to gable. Interior: large cambered bressumer to parlour fireplace, ovolo moulded ceiling beams to parlour and other 17th century ground floor rooms and chamfered beams to 17th century first floor rooms. Full architectural description (1).

<2> National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1993, Greater Manchester Western & Northern Relief Road - M56-M62 Archaeological Assessment Report, R2033/A2 (Client Report). SCH1269.

C17th brick, two storey, farmhouse with basement, stone slate and slate roof.C19th century porach and lean to and some architectural details. C17th interior beam details. Listed II. By 1831 four structures on site

<3> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 91 (Book). SCH4548.

According to a commemorative stone, once in a Chapel to the North but now in the motorway bridge, John Wesley preached in this farmhouse in 1747 (3)

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 272/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Tithe map for Millington c.1848.Plot no. 180 shows a group of buildings. The plot name is House, Building and orchard. The owner is Earl of Stamford and the occupier is Thomas Davies.