Description

SJ 87 NW ALDERLEY EDGE C.P. MACCLESFIELD ROAD
(North Side)

4/59 Gatehouse, dovecote and
attached walls at
Broomfield House.
16/7/1979

GV II

Gatehouse and adjoining walls: dated 1875 by and for Thomas
Worthington. Closely jointed random sandstone rubble, ashlar
dressings. Graduated Welsh slate roof. Forms 3 sides of a small
court added to corner of the house. South face is a wall with a
triangular headed chamfered opening with 18TW75 on tablet above. Wall
turns to join gatehouse which has 2 tall chamfered 4-centred arches
(1 blocked) with an arrow slit in stone coped gable above. On ridge
is a square wooden dovecote with a tall pyramidal roof and
weathervane. From its south-west corner runs a low wall with a
triangular and beaded coping ending in a plinth for a cast-iron former
gas lamp. It has a circular post which has a cage of 4 scrolled
brackets and supports spherical light with a Gothick top.

Listing NGR: SJ8481777841

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q58808769

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5