20, High Street

SJ 67 NE GREAT BUDWORTH C.P. HIGH STREET South Side

6/70 No. 20

8/1/70

GV II

House, formerly Saracen's Head Farmhouse, early C17, re-dressed probably 1900's. Pebbledashed on red sandstone plinth; oak-framed gable ends with plaster panels; rear wing partly oak-framed, partly recased, and with small extension in brick; grey slate roof. Framed and boarded door; moulded timber band at 1st floor; 2 windows of three 2-pane lights to each storey, proud of the wall-face, have miniature hipped shingle roofs. Central ridge chimney; chimney within frame of left gable, behind the ridge. Interior: Lobby-entrance plan; inglenook behind lobby, in right room, has cambered oak bressumer with ovolo-stopped chamfer; massive chamfered oak beams; oak joists; oak wall-framing includes large posts, quite closely spaced, in rear wing; shaped oak brackets at junction of front and rear wings include one with female figure circa 1600; corner fireplaces in front left rooms; doors circa 1700 of 2, 3 and 6 panels; some oak-board floors; oak joists; some Arts and Crafts Movement door furniture of Arley estate type; some HL hinges; stair altered, with Georgian balusters. A good interior.

Listing NGR: SJ6636877481