Description

HOLMES CHAPEL CP MACCLESFIELD ROAD
SJ 76 NE

4/8 Bridge Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse, 1768 (stone tablet at eaves level) but with late C17
origins. Red brick, in stretcher bond, with roof of slates laid with
diminishing courses and hand made tiles. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Mainly
3-light flush casements with centre glazing bars, stone sills and
segmental arches with turning pieces, ground floor, and in gabled
dormers at first floor level. Boarded door in heavy frame fronted by
early C19 gabled brick porch with segmental arch and barge boards.
Stone tablet at eaves inscribed T.B.H. with the date. The original
oak wallplate shows at the rear (north). Rear roof slope of old
slates. Added brick outshut of red brick, with slates of constant
size at the rear. Gable barge boards and blue clay ball finials to
gables and dormers. Stacks set back one bay from gable-ends. Old
saddleback ridge tiles.
Interior: Deep bevelled and stop chamfered beams, inglenook beam.
Boarded doors on HL hinges. At first floor level wide boarded doors
on strap hinges in heavy dowelled frames. Exposed bevelled purlins.

Listing NGR: SJ7690367452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524925

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)