History

Later C19 cottage added to Maelor House which was probably one of the original houses of New Brighton for which 24 plots were sold by the Chester Charities in 1865. This part of Minera parish known as 'City Lands' was beqeathed by Owen Jones (d1659), a butcher of Chester, to 'the poor of every Company of Merchants and Craftsmen in the City of Chester'. The area was agricultural until the mid-C18 when a trustee of the charity, Alderman Richardson, promoted lead prospecting. It was so successful that between 1761 and 1781 some £13,000 were paid to the charity in royalties.

Exterior

Semi-detached cottage attached and in matching style to Maelor House (q.v.) to left. Rubble stone with stone quoins, slate close-eaved roof and brick end stack. Two storeys, single front with door to right and 4-pane hornless sash each floor to centre. Tooled stone lintels and sills. Four-panel door with single overlight. Ground floor window and door have large shaped stone lintels.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved example of a later C19 cottage connected with the Minera lead mines, historically important with others in this industrial settlement pattern.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29497100

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)