Dalton House And Dalton Cottage

Dalton House and Dalton Cottage is a house and former cottage that have been combined into one property. The cottage dates from the late 17th century, while the house was built in the mid-18th century. The exterior features painted roughcast walls beneath a rebuilt graduated greenslate roof, complete with rebuilt brick chimney stacks.

The property consists of a 2-storey, 2-bay house alongside a lower right 2-storey, 3-bay cottage. The house has a rendered stone porch with a plank door set in a chamfered painted stone surround from the 18th century. It includes sash windows, with those on the upper floor set in enlarged 19th-century painted stone surrounds. The former rear of the cottage now serves as part of the front of the property.

There is a right stair projection that features a small window with a chamfered surround and a slit vent. A 19th-century rendered porch with a plank door sits under an inscription that reads: "JOHN DALTON DCL THE DISCOVERER OF THE ATOMIC THEORY WAS BORN HERE SEPT 5 1766, DIED AT MANCHESTER JULY 27 1844." The property also has casement and sash windows in 19th-century painted stone surrounds. The former front of the cottage includes a small 20th-century window in its original 17th-century surround, while other sash windows are set beneath 17th-century stone lintels in enlarged plain reveals.

Inside the 18th-century house, a fireplace dated and inscribed with "JMD 1741" (for Jonathan and Mary Dalton) was uncovered in 1974.