Whitehouse Farm
Location/Address
Whitehouse Lane, Dunham Massey WA14 5RQ
Type
Description
HER 7646.1.0
Burdett 1777: shows a group of 3 buildings on what is now known as White House Lane (1). OS 1848: site shown but not named (2). OS 1876: site named as White House Farm; 3 large buildings, 2 of which are L-shaped and 1 irregular (3). OS 1929: 1 L-shaped building is now irregular, 1 irregular building is now rectangular, and there is an additional rectangular building (4). OS 1983: site now consists of 6 rectangular buildings. The farm is now adjacent to Altrincham Crematorium. Victorian brick, double ridge slate roof. Terracotta detail to quoins & windows. Square bay window. Large barn next to road of similar style. 3-bay, pitching eye & cart entrance, end gable upper barn door. Slate roof.
Historical cartographic evidence suggests that the farmstead was established during the 18th century or earlier; but the entire farmstead was rebuilt during the period 1906-14, in the ‘Stamford style’ which is typical of agricultural buildings on the Dunham Massey estate. The new farmstead centred upon the large, impressive farmhouse seen today.
National Trust Record ID 51037*0 / MNA115817
Dwelling house of 1912, bearing many similarities with that at Black Brow Farm (SMR No 51,049). Built of brick in stretcher bond with red machine brick footings and dressings to the quoins, string course, windows and doors. Double pile, double fronted, two storey. Single storey addition to the front elevation with flat roof and moulded red machine brick coping to parapet. Gable roof with auxiliary gables to front and rear. Slate covered with red ridge tiles and barge boards with down-pointing finials. Iron gutters and downpipes. Chimneys are axial with decorative red machine brick oversailing and red ceramic pots, both vented and plain. The windows are 4 or 6-light, single pane casements with sandstone sills, chamfered sandstone lintels and terracotta tile drip mould over. The front extension has a similar 8-light window and two single light, 8-pane casements under a continuous red moulded tile string course. The battened timber front door has a rounded head with a moulded architrave around and shallow arch over. The back door is similar to the front, but with glazed red machine brick jambs under a flat-roof porch. Internally, all the doors are panelled with moulded architraves. The ground floor is tiled throughout. The first floor is timber, reached by a dog-leg stair with closed string, newels, handrail and turned balusters. The cast-iron grates survive in situ, but have been blocked up.
Statement of Significance
Age
18th-century origins
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
28 Nov 2022
Find Out More
Find out more about this Asset in Greater Manchester Local Heritage List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/greater-manchester/asset/7725
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/greater-manchester/asset/7725