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English Heritage (Listing) Inspector's Advice Print 09 NOV 2004
ADDRESS
Woodcote & Beech Cottage, 6, 8 BEECHFIELD ROAD, CHEADLE AND
BRAMHALL
Parish CHEADLE AND BRAMHALL Case UID: 158024
District STOCKPORT
County GREATER MANCHESTER
Date First Listed:
Formerly Listed As:
RECOMMENDATION
Inspector: Mr R Hawkins
Outcome: No, do not list Recommended Grade: NL 09 NOV 2004
Advice Comments/Reason for No Previous Listing:
Reason For Decision: I have looked at all the papers on this file
and other relevant information and
have carefully considered the architectural and historic interest
of this case. In my view The criteria
for listing are not fulfilled.
Woodcote and Beech Cottage, Nos. 8 and 6 Beechwood Road, Cheadle
Hulme were built in the
mid C19, and formed part of an evolving suburb, which by 1872 comprised
a small grouping of
detached villas with generous gardens and ancilliary buildings.
Woodcote is thought to have been
one of the earliest developments, and, with its former coach house,
now Beech Cottage, is one of a
number of survivals from the period, the settings of which have
altered considerably as a result of
later housing development in the former gardens to the original
dwellings. The main house, of 2
storeys and attics, is built of pale yellow Accrington brick with
red and blue brick decorative
banding. It has a slate roof covering, and decorative embellishment
to the gabled entrance porch
and upper floor bay window. Beech Cottage, set to the rear of the
house is still recognisable as the
former coach house, despite extensive alteration and the remodelling
of the original openings.
The house and former outbuilding are part of a very substantial
survival of mid-late C19 detached
dwellings found throughout England in both urban and rural contexts.
In many instances, they form
the most distinctive and distinguished elements of suburbs now under
considerable development
pressure, as in this instance where part of the original garden
area facing onto Beechfield Road has
been lost to housing development. The house, former outbuilding
and elements of the former
planting scheme survive as an ensemble of considerable local interest
However, in a national
context, the house and former outbuilding are not of sufficient
special architectural interest to justify
a listing recommendation. The main house is an attractive and competently
designed building, with
what is described as a carefully detailed interior. The former coach
house has been extensively
altered to form a dwelling. Both buildings would be considered as
assets within a conservation
area, a designation which would more appropriately register their
significance within their locality.
Decision Precis:
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