Firtree Cottage
FIRTREE COTTAGE, WESTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138478
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Firtree Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- FIRTREE COTTAGE, WESTON ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138478
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Firtree Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- FIRTREE COTTAGE, WESTON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FIRTREE COTTAGE, WESTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weston and Crewe Green
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 72490 53595
Details
WESTON C.P. WESTON ROAD SJ 75 SW 2/64 Firtree Cottage 20.1.75
- II
Estate Cottage. Dated 1865, By William Nesfield. Red English bond brick with fishscale tile hanging and a plain tile roof. Entrance front: projecting wing at right with a square bay window to the ground floor of four casement lights. Jettied first floor above this supported on moulded wooden brackets resting on stone corbels. The first floor is tile-hung with hammer-headed tiles which are bellcast to their lower edge. To the centre are two 2-light casement windows with a central cement panel between which is the size of one of the lights. This has incised pargetting with the date AD/1865 to the top and below it the initial C (Crewe) surmounted by a coronet. The balls of the barons coronet are formed of green glass bottlenecks and the panel has floral patterns to the outer edge. Half-hipped roof above with a massive three-flue chimney stack to the ridge. To the left of this wing and recessed is a lean-to porch with a basket arched doorway at right and a cusped lancet light to the left with bulls eye glass panes. The left hand side has a projecting wing at left with a 5-light ground floor casement window and above it a 4-light casement window to the first floor which is hung with hammer-headed tiles bellcast to their lower edge. The gable has incised pargeting showing sunflowers and foliage, a rising sun motif to the centre and pies to the apex. To the right of this projecting wing is the side of the lean-to porch which has two rectangular panels of incised pargetting showing floral motifs again set with bottlenecks and a bottle bottom of green glass which at the time of the resurvey (1985) had unfortunately been overpainted. Service court to rear.
Listing NGR: SJ7249053595
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 57142
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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