BIRCHENCLIFFE HOME FARM


Description:  Home farm complex built for the Turner family of Shrigley Hall circa 1825 with later nineteenth century alterations and additions. Partly demolished in the later twentieth century. The L-shaped farmhouse forms the eastern corner of a courtyard of buildings set around a rectangular pond. These buildings include barns, shippons, a dairy and two possible cheese rooms. A second courtyard is attached to the north west, containing another barn, a drift house, a stable, a shippon and a cart shed.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  CHESHIRE

District:  MACCLESFIELD

Parish:  POTT SHRIGLEY

Grid Reference:   SJ94838064

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 394830, 380640

Period:  POST MEDIEVAL, 1815 - 1835, 1867 - 1899

Subject:  BARN, CART SHED, COW HOUSE, DAIRY, DOVECOTE, EXTANT BUILDING, FARMHOUSE, FARMSTEAD, PIGSTY, STABLE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: SJ 98 SW 9
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-848801

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England