Description

In the entry for:
HURDSFIELD CP SHRIGLEY FOLD ROAD
2/65
Shrigleyfold Farmhouse

The address and name shall be amended to: SWANSCOE LANE

Shrigley Fold

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SJ 97 NW HURDSFIELD C.P. SHRIGLEY FOLD ROAD

2/65 Shrigleyfold Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse : mid C17 with mid C19 alterations to the front.
White-washed coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with stone and
brick dressings. Welsh slate roof and 4 blue brick chimneys,
3-storey, 4-bay front. Windows are 4-pane horned sashes in rough
brick reveals, some with chamfered stone heads. Massive C17 chamfered
stone doorcase in th 3rd bay, now contains a glazed door. Flat
stone-coped gables and kneelers. The side walls have projecting
rubble bands at 1st and 2nd floors.
Interior: All partition walls have timber small framing with
plastered infill. Lower storey ceiling beams are chamfered with flat
stops. Dogleg staircase has a moulded handrail, square newels and
flat, serpentine balusters. Exposed roof structure indicates the
front was originally twin-gabled.
John Wesley stayed and preached here when he first came to
Macclesfield in 1745.

Listing NGR: SJ9339075382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615116

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)