CFAA 2009 Gothic Farm cottage report

Abstract

Burdett’s map of Cheshire, published in 1777, shows an unnamed building on the present site which can be associated with the farmstead, although no details of the
building plan itself are shown. The farm is also shown on the 1842 Ordnance Survey one inch map of the area but the most detailed early mapping is the 1849 tithe map for
Romiley (Chester Record Office EDT 341). This shows a large L-shaped range of buildings occupied by Alexander Swindells which were called the ‘Five Houses Homestead’. The long axis of the L-shape was aligned west to east whilst the short axis was aligned north to south and lay at the eastern end of the complex. This probably represented the combined barn, whilst the eastern range appears to have
been on the site of the southern half of the current Gothic Lodge-Gothic Cottage complex. The farmstead was owned by John Wright, who also owned most of the other fields and houses at the eastern end of the Romiley township.
Later mapping shows a greatly enlarged complex. The 1882 Ordnance Survey six inch map for the area shows an easterly extension, probably the present Gothic Lodge, whilst to the west an extra range had been added at the north-western corner of the barn. The 1892 Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping for the area shows that to west of the combined barn two open-sided barns had been added, whilst to the east the large square range can be seen to be the current Gothic Lodge structure. The present boundary between the farmhouse and the cottage is first shown on the 1892 map for
the first time.

Citation

CFAA 2009 Gothic Farm cottage report

• Other Type: Teaching Resource
• Deposit Date: Aug 17, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Additional Information: Data type : Technical Reports; Location of work : Gothic Farm Cottage; Type of work : Historic Building Recording; Period : Industrial