Cross Farmhouse

SJ 87 NW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. WELSH ROW (South Side)

4/150 Cross Farmhouse [formerly 14/4/1967 listed as Cross Farm Cottage (formerly Farmhouse at Alderley Cross)]

GV II

Formerly farmhouse, now 2 farm cottages: partly C17, rewalled early C19, with addition to right dated 1735. English garden wall bond red brick, Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 3 brick chimneys. 2-storey, 4-bay front. Left 2 bays formerly timber framed but outer walls rebuilt in brick. Left end bay has 3-light wooden casements under cambered brick heads and other bay has 5-light ovolo-moulded, wood mullioned windows with lattice leaded glazing, the top one in a timber framed gabled half dormer with coving above the window. Right 2 bays are a taller and deeper addition. Right end bay has 3-light square-sectioned stone-mullions under flat brick heads with rectangular leaded glazing. To left 4-board door with iron strap hinges, in a heavy wooden frame on padstones, under a flat brick head. Similar 2-light window above. Date stone reads TMN 1735. Interior: of right-hand part. Dogleg staircase of simple handrail, square newels with curved shaped tops and inserted flat balusters. 4-board door with iron strap hinges throughout, most with wooden latches and handles. Chamfered ceiling beams with flat stops. Brick barrel-vaulted cellar under house has stone slab benches, and a half cellar to the rear of the house has similar benches.

Listing NGR: SJ8432976930