Description

WESTON C.P. WESTON ROAD
SJ 75 SW
2/64 Firtree Cottage
20.1.75

- II

Estate Cottage. Dated 1865, By William Nesfield. Red English bond
brick with fishscale tile hanging and a plain tile roof. Entrance
front: projecting wing at right with a square bay window to the
ground floor of four casement lights. Jettied first floor above this
supported on moulded wooden brackets resting on stone corbels. The
first floor is tile-hung with hammer-headed tiles which are bellcast
to their lower edge. To the centre are two 2-light casement windows
with a central cement panel between which is the size of one of the
lights. This has incised pargetting with the date AD/1865 to the top
and below it the initial C (Crewe) surmounted by a coronet. The balls
of the barons coronet are formed of green glass bottlenecks and the
panel has floral patterns to the outer edge. Half-hipped roof above
with a massive three-flue chimney stack to the ridge. To the left of
this wing and recessed is a lean-to porch with a basket arched doorway
at right and a cusped lancet light to the left with bulls eye glass
panes. The left hand side has a projecting wing at left with a
5-light ground floor casement window and above it a 4-light casement
window to the first floor which is hung with hammer-headed tiles
bellcast to their lower edge. The gable has incised pargeting showing
sunflowers and foliage, a rising sun motif to the centre and pies to
the apex. To the right of this projecting wing is the side of the
lean-to porch which has two rectangular panels of incised pargetting
showing floral motifs again set with bottlenecks and a bottle bottom
of green glass which at the time of the resurvey (1985) had
unfortunately been overpainted. Service court to rear.

Listing NGR: SJ7249053595

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q62268605

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