The White Cottage

SJ 87 NW LITTLE BOLLINGTON C.P. PARK LANE

1/27 The White Cottage (formerly listed as 5.3.59 White Cottage in Bollington CP)

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House. C16 with C17 additions. Sandstone walls or plinths with some brick and timber framing (whitewashed save for right-hand gable) concealing 4 middle crucks which carry a roof now of slate and asbestos but formerly thatched. 2 brick ridge stacks. 2 storeys, 2-bay baffle-entry plan with possibly later cross-wing to left. Front has 2 large timber-framed dormers to main range, but right-hand bay including dormer row largely of brick. The timber framing is exposed at the rear of the cross-wing and on the right-hand gable-wall which has 4 small frames by 3 and brick infill. At rear a later continuous stone outshut. Mostly C20 casements. Interior: Stone flag floors to ground floor. Evidence of crucks at ground floor level but encased. C17 staircase to first floor with flat moulded balusters. Crucks exposed at first floor with some windbracing.

Listing NGR: SJ7287287030