Cheshire Cheese Public House and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. Public house. 7 related planning applications.
Cheshire Cheese Public House and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- steep-newel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Cheshire Cheese Public House and Attached Railings, 37 and 39, High Street, SK17 6HA
- OS grid reference
- SK 057 730
- Coordinates
- 53.25415, -1.91497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cheshire Cheese Public House and attached railings is a coaching inn dating to circa 1787, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of mock rusticated ashlar, with ashlar dressings; the rear is of uncoursed rubble with gritstone dressings. The roof is slate, and there are stone stacks.
The two-storey, six-window front is arranged in a 1:2:3 bay configuration, with the right section slightly taller and featuring a rusticated ashlar facade. The left-hand section has a single canted bay window with glazing bar sashes and a splat balustrade, and above, three glazing sashes in painted ashlar surrounds. To the left of the bay is a single-storey portion with a pair of plain sashes in ashlar surrounds, followed by a large, nine-window semi-circular bay window topped with a splat balustrade. A projecting glazed porch sits to the right, and a single 2/2 sash window with a painted surround is to the left. The first floor has two similar sashes. The right return has a canted bay with a single plank door and a plain sash above.
The rear elevation is irregular, five windows wide and set back to the left. A central doorway has a plank door; to the left is a three-light window, a 20th-century casement, a small blocked opening, and a plank door. To the right is a three-light casement with glazing bars and a glazing bar window. Above, off-centre, are a pair of six-pane sashes, flanked by two similar sashes, all with painted lintels.
The interior has been significantly altered, including a moulded stone fireplace with decorative spandrels to the lower room. Exposed beams are present in the main left-hand range, one with rough chamfering. Pegged tie beams appear on the first floor; the central section has been cut through to create a corridor. Side purlins are also visible. This block contains vaulted stone cellaring.
The front has ornate iron railings featuring fleur-de-lys and urn-topped uprights, along with square-section railing and acorn posts.
Local climate
Cheshire Cheese Public House and Attached Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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