Site record MDR11354 - Site of Moor Farm Cottage North, Off London Road, Shardlow and Great Wilne

Former site of Moor Farm Cottage North, Off London Road, Shardlow and Great Wilne, an early 18th century cottage and outbuildings, now demolished. 'Moor Farm Cottage North dates from the early 18th century and is constructed in brick on a sandstone plinth. It is of one-and-a-half storeys with a two-bay lobby-entry plan. On the ground floor the east bay is divided to give a third room. The west bay contains the housebody which has a brick-arched 'inglenook' fireplace and a chamfered ceiling beam reused from an earlier building. To the south-east is a kitchen. This has a brick arched fireplace with a bread oven door, and also contains the stairs. The third room, to the north-east, is unheated but contains the bulk of the bread oven. The first floor had two unheated rooms. The cottage also incorporates an agricultural outshut to the west, added shortly after the original build, and a late-19th century service block to the east. Both are single-storey. The west outshut probably functioned as a byre. The service block contained a washhouse, privy and open-fronted store.' (1) 'Eight samples were obtained for dendro dating. The likely felling date estimated from the timbers was c1638.' (2) Previously Grade II Listed: 'Cottage. C17 with C19 alterations. Rendered red brick on stone plinth with plain tile roof, blue brick copings to gables and large brick central ridge stack. Single storey plus attics and two bays, with lobby entrance plan. Central plank door below gabled porch roof and, to either side, small flat headed C20 casements, probably in the original openings. Above, two similar windows in eyebrow dormers. Interior has a huge central stack with inglenook fireplace to west ground floor room, a simple winder staircase and one panelled plank door. Listing NGR: SK4269230993.'