1 (Clematis Cottage), 2, 3 and 4 (The Bungalow) Middle Lane
2 and 3, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313004
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- 1 (Clematis Cottage), 2, 3 and 4 (The Bungalow) Middle Lane
- Statutory Address:
- 2 and 3, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313004
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- 1 (Clematis Cottage), 2, 3 and 4 (The Bungalow) Middle Lane
- Statutory Address 1:
- 2 and 3, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
- Statutory Address 2:
- Clematis Cottage, 1, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JA
- Statutory Address 3:
- The Bungalow, 4, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
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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:
- 2 and 3, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
- Statutory Address:
- Clematis Cottage, 1, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JA
- Statutory Address:
- The Bungalow, 4, Middle Lane, Aldford, CH3 6JB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Aldford and Saighton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ4188059172
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 April 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SJ 45 NW
6/20
ALDFORD C.P.
MIDDLE LANE (west side)
No 1 Clematis Cottage, Nos 2 and 3 and No 4 The Bungalow
(Formerly listed as Clements Cottages, MIDDLE LANE)
GV
II
Terrace of four cottages, circa 1875, by John Douglas for the first Duke of Westminster. Brown brick lower storey; white rendered upper storey with bands of pargetting below bedroom windows and at heads of gables. Red tile roofs hipped with three dormer-gables to front. Two shaped chimneys. Of one and a half and one storey; each cottage is of one window. In the lower storey window-openings are camber-headed; in the upper storey they have moulded timber surrounds standing proud of the wall surface on shaped brackets. Arched oak porch under catslide roof, left; paired porches, with chevron panels, under a pentice roof right of centre. A single-storey wing, far right, contains the fourth cottage, with a timber-framed end gable.
Early examples of Free Style dwellings in Cheshire, the cottages were designed in conjunction with Nos.1 to 4 Rushmere Lane and the most southern pair of cottages on the east side of School Lane (q.q.v.). Interiors not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ 41880 59172
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 55215
- 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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