Description

In the entry for:-

ELTON STOCKS GREEN
(north side)

15/89 No. 2 (Chestnut Farmhouse)
and former shop

The third sentence shall be amended to read:- "Coursed limestone rubble with
freestone and ashlar dressings, C19 rock faced limestone with collyweston stone
slated roofs and C19 plain tiled roof."

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ELTON STOCKS GREEN
TL 0893
(North Side)
15/89 No. 2 (Chestnut
Farmhouse) and
former shop
GV II
Farmhouse, and shop to east. Dated '1740 RJM' on oval plaque below eaves;
c.1880 butcher's shop replacing service range with original shop. Coursed
limestone rubble with freestone and ashlar dressings, C19 rock faced limestone
with Collyweston stone slated roofs and C19 red pantiled roof. Two storeys
and attic, symmetrical facade of three 'bays'. Parapet gables with chamfered
copings and ashlar end stacks. Wooden, moulded eaves cornice. Four-panelled
door with rectangular fanlight; two ground floor casement windows with wooden
lintels and three similar first floor windows. Fire insurance plaque above.
first floor window. Quoin stone inscribed 'John Read 1771'. Single storey
shop to east with two paired two-light windows and two paired sixteen-paned
hung sash windows with gabled roof above and mock timber-frame and tracery.
Shop entrance and two windows forming three equal bays in wide two-centred
east gable archway, both windows with drop shutters. Interior of farmhouse;
boxed ceiling beams, sealed hearths, C18 cornice to western room, C18
panelling to central stairs and two-panelled doors.

Clark, A. Photographic Collection _

Listing NGR: TL0851693971

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423159

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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