Building record 738/0/1 - Foxcovert Cottage North

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57616 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Cottage, probably mid seventeenth century. Brick-nogged timber small-frame with some plaster panels; thatched roof, one storey plus attic bedrooms; three windows to lower storey. Replaced door in gabled porch. Six and eight pane casements of nineteenth century vernacular type. Two eyebrow dormers. One brick chimney on ridge right of centre and one on right gable. The interior, not inspected, is evidently altered but retains chamfered oak beams.

<2> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Possibly first depicted on this map.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 288/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two rectangular buildings, whose long axes are orientated approximately north-south, in one plot. The plot is described as a house and garden occupied by William Johnson. This record represents the northern of the two buildings. For the southern building see CHER 738/0/2.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7472, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map suggests that the building has been sub-divided into two dwellings.

<5> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 34 no.2577, 16/05/73 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The building has been extended at it's northern end to the east.