Description

SJ 87 NW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. CONGLETON ROAD
(West Side)

4/132 Eagle and Child Cottage

14/4/1967

GV II

Originally a farmhouse, later an inn, now a house: C17 with later C17
outshut and guttering dated 1688, west range added later C18.
L-shaped plan. North range is timber framed with brick nogging, on a
sandstone plinth, Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 3 brick
chimneys. 2-storey, 2-bay north front. Small framing with small
panelling under upper windows. Left bay has board door in
bead-moulded doorcase and 5-light wood mullioned window with lattice
leaded glazing under coved overhang in a gabled half dormer with
herringboning in the gable. To right bay steps forward under gable
with 5-light chamfered wood mullioned window with lattice leaded
glazing below and similar 3-light with rectangular lead glazing above.
Outshut added to rear in timber framing. Black painted lead guttering
reads TD 1688.
Interior: Bead moulded ceiling beams Cyma-moulded stone corner
fireplace. Large cellars with stone flight of steps.

West range is in washed English garden wall bond brick with Kerridge
stone slate roof, stone ridge and 2 brick chimneys. Right 4 bays was
a separate house and has segmental rough brick heads to 2-light wooden
casements. To left is former coachhouse now garage and conservatory.
This range is joined to the other by a single storey passage.

Listing NGR: SJ8433476133

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432420

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)