Woodbine Cottage

SJ 37 SW SHOTWICK C.P. THE VILLAGE (North Side)

3/52 Woodbine Cottage.

1/6/1967 GV II

Formerly farmhouse, now house: C16 or earlier origins, late C17 exterior but remodelled and upper storey raised early-mid C19. Washed English bond orange brick on stone plinth, cob walling internally. Welsh slate roof, 2 gable brick chimneys. 2-room plan, 2-storey symmetrical 3-bay front. Broad dentil brick band at 1st floor and dentil cornice. End bays have deep 12-pane sashes below, horned sashes above. Central bay has trellis porch in front of moulded surround to partly glazed C20 door. Right end has small-pane iron casement with intersecting tracery. Interior: Ground storey has cob walling surviving from original 1-storey house. Heavy ceiling beams rest on depressions in rear wall plate and are hung from window lintel to front. Some 3-board and 2-panelled doors with fielded panels, with unusual brass spring latches upstairs. Simple dog-leg staircase with plain baluster.

Perhaps the unique example of cob walling surviving in Cheshire.

Listing NGR: SJ3370471796