Building record 821/1 - Dairy House Farm

A late seventeenth century farmhouse with eighteenth century additions and alterations. Timber framed with whitewashed brick infill and random bond brick with plain tile and slate roof. South eastern front: Timber framed single storey wing to right of 4 x 3 cells of small framing with tile roof on stone plinth. To left of this is an eighteenth century addition of two storeys. Projecting wing to right with rendered gabled front. To left of this are two 2-light ground floor casement windows with relieving arches. Similar window to first floor left without relieving arch and blocked window at right (1 & 2).

The farm is depicted on Bryant's 1831 map of Cheshire (3).

Historic Ordnance Survey maps depict the farmhouse, an L shaped barn or shippon, a pig stye and an orchard (4).

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1160503 (Web Site). SCH6528.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1036, 8, 20 (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

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