265, Chester Road

HELSBY C.P. CHESTER ROAD SJ 47 NE (North Side) 1/115 No. 265. II Cottage, late C17; sandstone and brick, painted; corrugated iron over thatch. 1 storey plus attic in roof. 2 windows. Replaced door; iron lattice casements (mid C19), 1 to each side of door and 2 in dormers. Right gable-end of stone has plinth and 2 upper windows: 1 of 2 lights with flush chamfered mullion (1 light blocked), the other of 1 light in a square chamfered opening, containing a horizontal sliding sash). Flush brick chimney on each gable. Interior. 2 rooms plus later outshut at back. Broad-board oak doors; oak cupboards of C17 type at each side of chimney-breast in right room; winder stair behind rear cupboard (there had been 2 stairs, that in left room removed); chamfered oak beams; sawn oak joists; oak-framed partition wall visible in bedrooms; oak truss indicates a formerly very steep roof-pitch.

Listing NGR: SJ4905475781