The Old Dairy

PITCHFORD C.P. PITCHFORD SJ 5204 - 5304 12/141 The Old Dairy - GV II Farmhouse. Early C19. Red brick with red and grey sandstone ashlar dressings; hipped C20 machine tile roof. Square plan.2 storeys. Chamfered stone plinth and stone frieze; 2 brick ridge stacks. West front: 3 bays; glazing bar sashes with stone lintels; pair of central doors, each with 3 raised and fielded panels (top panels glazed), rectangular overlight with lozenge-pattern glazing bars, and stone doorcase with panelled pilasters and triangular pediment. 3-bay left-hand return front, and 4-bay right-hand return front with blind windows in second bay from right. Rear: 3 bays with altered first-floor fenestration; central one-storey canted hipped-roofed porch with blind windows in each face and 3 steps up to central door with 6 raised and fielded panels (top 4 glazed), and doorcase consisting of pilasters with fluted capitals supporting frieze and triangular pediment. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. This house stands near to Pitchford Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ5261404184