Foden Bank Greystokes Spring Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1977. House. 1 related planning application.

Foden Bank Greystokes Spring Cottage

WRENN ID
leaning-basalt-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1977
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Spring Cottage, Foden Bank, and Greystones are three houses that have been subdivided, located on Byron's Lane in Macclesfield. The buildings were constructed in several phases, with the earliest part dating from the late 17th century and the rest from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. They are made of brick with stone-flagged and concrete tiled roofs.

Spring Cottage, numbered 110, is the oldest structure on the site, featuring a re-sited datestone dated 1691. It is built of brick with stone quoins and a plinth, standing two storeys tall with a three-window range and a central entrance leading to a stair hall. The datestone above the doorway bears the initials HS, which stand for Harriet Stonehewer. The building has undergone partial refronting during repairs, and the windows have been renewed with two-light mullions and transoms, featuring flat-arched, finely gauged brick heads with keystones. The lower windows have leaded panes, and wide gables are present over the outer windows.

Foden Bank, numbered 112, is likely the second phase of construction, dating from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. This building is made of painted brick with a stone-flagged roof, also standing two storeys tall with a four-window range. It features 15-pane full-height sash windows on the ground floor and 4-pane sashes above, with moulded wood eaves and end wall stacks. A glazed entrance porch is located against the eastern gable, leading to a single-storey hallway. The doorway is framed by an architrave with Corinthian pilasters on either side of a wide six-panelled door topped with a traceried fanlight. To the left of the entrance is a subsidiary range, which is a two-storeyed, three-window structure with 12-pane sashes, a modillion eaves cornice, and end wall stacks.

Greystones, numbered 114, forms a parallel rear range and is likely a later addition, possibly used as a ballroom. This building is two storeys high with a two-window range, featuring wide tripartite sashes on each floor, with the ground floor windows being of full height. A service wing projects to the south and houses the entrance, although much of the fenestration has been renewed.

Inside Spring Cottage, there is one panelled room and a splat baluster staircase that is consistent with its late 17th-century date.

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