Description

SJ 87 NE MOTTRAM ST.ANDREW C.P. WILMSLOW OLD ROAD

5/88 Higher House Farmhouse

14/4/1967 II

Formerly farmhouse, now house and farmhouse: mid C18 with portions
added to rear. English garden wall bond orange-red brick with buff
sandstone dressings. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 2
gable brick chimneys. 2-storey, symmetrical 3-bay front. Ashlar
plinth, chamfered rusticated quoins, stone band at 1st floor, plain
frieze and projecting cornice. End bays have flush 12-pane sashes
with flat channelled stone heads and stone sills. Roman Doric
doorcase has semi-circular fanlight above repaired 6-panelled door,
approached by 3 stone steps. Parallel range to rear, possibly early
C19 addition has a 2-storey canted bay window and is now a separate
house.

Listing NGR: SJ8736278854

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26528085

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)