Description

WORSLEY LUMBER LANE
SD 70 SW
(south side)
1/41 Littlewood and
Sisley including
adjoining stable
29/7/66 block
- II

House, now 2 houses. c.1740 with later additions largely of
the early C19. English garden wall bond brick with slate
roof. 3-bay 2-storey house which was extended firstly to
left and then as a parallel range to rear. The original
house (to the south) has 3 windows on each floor with
replacement casements and cambered brick arches on the
ground floor. 4-panel door between bays 2 and 3. A gabled
wing was added to the left and a taller 2-storey range to
rear. The additions have various mullion and transom
casements and 16-pane sash windows and now form a separate
house. Brick chimney stacks. Arched entrance to stable
block. The interior retains many original features including
doors, a dogleg staircase and built in furniture. The house
was at one time the residence of John Clarke, mill-owner, to
whom the Bishop of Chester granted faculty for use as a
preaching house. The first floor contained a chapel.

Listing NGR: SD7459301632

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639342

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