Monument record 2932/0/2 - Edge House Farm

<1> 1998, Alderley Edge Landscape Project Archive (Unpublished Report). SCH4334.

The current Edge House Farm was built circa 1890's. It is a good example of shippon and farmhouse with a flagged roof. The course of (CHER 4653) the old coach road (1775 or earlier) can be seen as a depression running down the side of the garden parallel to the footpath.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 179/4, 1842 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The farm is not depicted on this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8677, 1872 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The farm is not depicted on this map.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8677, 1897 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts the farmhouse with the L-shaped shippon to the east. Named Edge House.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 22/01/2021 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Possibly built as a replacement to Edge Houses to the north-east (see CHER 2932/0/1).

<6> Bluesky International Ltd, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Bluesky International APGB Imagery 2015-2017, 19/07/2016 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8848.

The farmhouse has been demolished and the site is being re-developed.