Description

SJ 87 NE OVER ALDERLEY C.P. HOCKER LANE
(North Side)

5/166 Higher House Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse: mid to late C18 with some C19 alterations. Flemish bond
red brick with white pointing on sandstone plinth. Welsh slate roof
and 2 gable brick chimneys. 2-storey (and blind attic), symmetrical
3-bay front. End bays have 3-light wooden casements with iron windows
under cambered brick heads. Central steps forward slightly under
simple triangular pediment and has a 6-panelled door approached by 3
stone steps under a cambered brick head with a stone keystone behind
an open gabled timber porch. Above is a blocked window and a carved
stone plaque of the Stanley eagle both now hidden by a creeper.
Interior: Exposed ceiling beams and openwork pierced catches on lower
casements.

To rear of house is a dairy with a blue and white tiled interior of
c.1900 with a large panel of 2 milkmaids.

Listing NGR: SJ8566175833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515806

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)