Building record 200/4/2 - Farm buildings 10m east of Crewe Hall Farmhouse

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56669 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farm buildings of the Crewe Hall Home Farm, 1884 (in gable panel). Multi-use building ten metres east of the farmhouse and facing north west. Red brick with tiled roof, three two-storey gable bays and two single storey-and-loft intermediate bays. The end and centre gables project and the centre gable has flush stone quoins. Windows have stone sills, flat heads and hopper lights in the upper sections and they flank stone dressed door openings. The mid-slope dormers of the second and fourth bays are divided into three vertically; they are mainly louvred with small areas of leaded light glazing above. Panel over central gable window has Crewe Estate emblem and the date. The ridge has purpose made ventilation tiles at intervals throughout its length.

<2> Gifford and Partners, 2005, Crewe Hall Farm, Cheshire; Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p.12 (Client Report). SCH4681.

Two storey red brick building, with a tile roof and stone details, and a plaque recording a construction date of 1883. A probable cow shed and hay loft. Map evidence (see 3) suggests that this building replaced an earlier building on the same foot print.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7353, 1876-1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 01/02/2019 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<5> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.324 (Book). SCH7059.

'…On two sides of the yard, large efficent-looking Crewe estate barns dated 1883 and 1884…'