The Thatched Cottage (Right Of A Pair)

The Thatched Cottage, located on the west side of School Lane in Aldford, is a cottage built before 1837, likely for the 1st Marquis of Westminster. It is constructed from red squared snecked sandstone and features a thatched roof with two stone chimneys that have tall, slender diagonal flues. The cottage is one and a half storeys high and has three windows. It has a projecting corbelled upper storey and iron lattice casements set under label lintels. There is a thatched dormer on the front left, which contains a 20th-century timber casement. The right front gable includes a stone niche, and there are thatched eyebrow dormers at the rear. The materials and detailing indicate that the cottage was built around 1810 to 1820, reflecting the style of a cottage ornée. Inside, the doors are made of three or four wide boards, painted, and likely made of softwood from the early 19th century. The cottage is adjacent to a 17th-century oak-framed thatched cottage, which it was designed to complement.