Now, if you are going to do “an essential walk”, Cheadle is a place not to pass up.
I have only visited it but briefly, and missed the church, both pubs and pretty much everything else which Andy photographed.
He does have a discerning eye for historic buildings, and having fallen on a guide to the listed buildings of Cheadle I have a story.
My only visit to Cheadle was by a circuitous route, which involved the tram, a bus and bit of walking, because not having a car, I resorted to public transport and took the long journey.
All of which started with the tram from Stretford to Altrincham, a bus to Cheadle, and because I was going on to School Hill, a short walk to Wilmlsow Road and another bus stop.
None of which has much to do with Andy’s listed buildings, other than I saw some of them on my adventure.
The George I saw, which I now know is late 18th century and is “a public house in rendered brick on a stone plinth, with a bracketed eaves cornice and a slate roof.
There are three storeys and five bays.
In the first bay is a carriage entry with a segmental arch and a keystone.
The fourth bay contains a doorway with paired Ionic columns and a canopy, and in the fifth bay is a canted bay window.
The other windows are sashes, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window”.*
I also did clock St Mary’s with its lych gate dating from 1883, but was unaware that the church goes back to the 16th century, “was rebuilt and restored in 1859–62, and restored again in 1878–80 by J. Medland Taylor.
It is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and is in Perpendicular style.
The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with chapels, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower.
The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a clock face, and an embattled parapet with gargoyles. The porch has crocketed pinnacles and the doorway has a Tudor arched head”.
I missed the White Hart which and more to the pint a small industrial building on Hall Lane, which Andy took a picture of, and which set me looking for it in the historic record.
It appears on the OS map of Cheadle for 1900, and back then ran out towards Charles Street, which along with Andrew Street consisted of 62 terraced properties.
All of these have now gone, and in their place is a small open space, and a set of garages.
I suppose the 62 houses were no longer fit for purpose, and the small park must be a very pleasant place on a sunny day.
And I doubt they would ever have been considered for listing as of historic interest, but with their passing a small bit of Cheadle's history has gone.
They date from sometime after 1875, were well established by 1900 and had gone a century later.
Location; Cheadle
Pictures; Cheadle, 2020, from the collection of Andy Robertson, and Hall Street, 1900, from the OS map of Cheshire, 1900, courtesy of Digital Archives Association, http://digitalarchives.co.uk/
*Listed Buildings in Cheadle and Gatley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Cheadle_and_Gatley
He does have a discerning eye for historic buildings, and having fallen on a guide to the listed buildings of Cheadle I have a story.
My only visit to Cheadle was by a circuitous route, which involved the tram, a bus and bit of walking, because not having a car, I resorted to public transport and took the long journey.
All of which started with the tram from Stretford to Altrincham, a bus to Cheadle, and because I was going on to School Hill, a short walk to Wilmlsow Road and another bus stop.
None of which has much to do with Andy’s listed buildings, other than I saw some of them on my adventure.
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| The George and Dragon, 2020 |
There are three storeys and five bays.
In the first bay is a carriage entry with a segmental arch and a keystone.
The fourth bay contains a doorway with paired Ionic columns and a canopy, and in the fifth bay is a canted bay window.
The other windows are sashes, and at the rear is a round-headed stair window”.*
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| The White Hart and St Mary's, 2020 |
It is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and is in Perpendicular style.
The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with chapels, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower.
The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a clock face, and an embattled parapet with gargoyles. The porch has crocketed pinnacles and the doorway has a Tudor arched head”.
I missed the White Hart which and more to the pint a small industrial building on Hall Lane, which Andy took a picture of, and which set me looking for it in the historic record.
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| On Hall Street, 2020 |
All of these have now gone, and in their place is a small open space, and a set of garages.
I suppose the 62 houses were no longer fit for purpose, and the small park must be a very pleasant place on a sunny day.
And I doubt they would ever have been considered for listing as of historic interest, but with their passing a small bit of Cheadle's history has gone.
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| Hall Street, 1900 |
Location; Cheadle
Pictures; Cheadle, 2020, from the collection of Andy Robertson, and Hall Street, 1900, from the OS map of Cheshire, 1900, courtesy of Digital Archives Association, http://digitalarchives.co.uk/
*Listed Buildings in Cheadle and Gatley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Cheadle_and_Gatley
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