Limefield is a house standing to the north of
Bollington,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England. It was built in about 1830 for Joseph Brook. It is constructed in
ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
brown
sandstone, and has a pyramidal roof of Welsh
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
with a large stone central chimney. Its plan is square, with an extension to the rear. The house has two storeys, with a symmetrical three-
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
front. It is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II
listed building. Its stables and coach house are also listed at Grade II.
See also
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Listed buildings in Bollington
Bollington is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 66 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to l ...
References
Houses completed in 1830
Country houses in Cheshire
Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II listed houses
1830 establishments in England
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