188 Tytherington

No. 188 is a group of three semi-detached cottages that have been combined into one house. Originally built in the early 17th century, it was rebuilt and refronted in 1747. The building has an 'L'-shaped plan, with the main range featuring a through passage to the left of a central stack. The structure is timber-framed but has been refronted in rubble stone, topped with a thatched roof and brick stacks. It is two stories high and has four windows, all with casements.

There is a planked door in a gabled porch to the left of the center, with a 19th-century three-light casement window to the left and two more to the right. The first floor features four three-light casements and a datestone inscribed with "TE/1747" to the left of the door. The right and left returns of the building are rendered, and the right return includes a single-story timber-framed extension from the 17th century, which has a three-light casement on the ground floor and a two-light casement in an eyebrow dormer.

At the rear of the main range, there is a planked door to the left and two 20th-century casements to the right. The wall plate above the rubble stone facing retains mortices from a former timber-framed wall. The extension has also been partly rebuilt in stone, featuring a planked door and two-light casements in eyebrow dormers, with a rear gable that has a pair of diagonally-set brick stacks and a coped verge.

Inside, the house has deeply chamfered beams with stepped stops; one west beam rests on a stone corbel in the passage, while a beam in the wing has narrower chamfers and ogee stops. There are blocked open fireplaces, planked doors with strap hinges, and although the roof is not accessible, it is said to be intact. This house is notable for its unusual survival of the through passage plan in the area, with the hall located to the right of the passage, separated by a rubble stone wall that supports the main stack of the now-blocked open fireplace backing onto the passage. Services were located to the left of the passage, with additional accommodation provided by the square timber-framed extension added in the later 17th century.