Building record 837/2/2 - New Pale Lodge

New Pale Lodge,New Pale Road.1 of only 2 permanent dwellings in Delamere Forest.Formerly farmhouse,now house.Dated 1623,1667 & 1718 with extensive C20 additions & alterations.Dressed tool buff local sandstone, lakeland slate roof.2 storey & bay west front.4th bay has lintel plaque reading P W E 1718 (for Whittingham & Elizabeth Pugh).Int:former hall has a lintel over fireplace reading 1667 P G E (for George & Elizabeth Pugh).Room to rear has fireplace lintel with WB 1623 (for William Boulton).Also inglenook fireplace & chamfered & stopped ceiling beams & chamfered joists (1). Full architectural description (1) & (2). New Pale Lodge was originally 1 dwelling,but was later divided internally into 3 small dwellings and known as Pugh's Cottages.The bldg later fell into decay but was restored c.1937,the subdivisions removed & the house again named New Pale Lodge.The oldest date stone is WB 1623 - for William Boulton,who was prob in the service of John Crewe of Utkinton,who succeeded his father-in-law,Sir John Done,as Master Forester of Delamere (3).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /3/18 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Department for the Environment, Various, Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /14/12 1965 (Report). SCH2744.

<3> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 34/4-5 JHEB 1939 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.