Ivy Cottage, Lower Broughton Road is a pair of Mid C19 cottages with substantial remains of earlier core, probably C17. The dwellings are 2-storeyed, brick with remains of timber-framing, and Welsh slate roof. The two cottages were built along parallel ranges originally symmetrical and joined by a lower wing. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1600/00/00 | No 388 Mid C19 but with substantial remains of earlier core, probably C17. Painted brick with remnants of timber-framing in square panels to right, and heavy slate roof. | |||||
| 1639/12/04 | Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree become the first astronomers to use telescopes to observe the transit of Venus on Sunday 24 November (4 December New Style). Horrocks predicted the transit by using better data than available to Kepler. | Transits of Venus | ||||
| 1850/00/00 | No 390 probably built mid C19. Doorway is centre of main elevation, in recessed porch with timber lintel and decoration in the spandrels, and projecting squared bay windows each side, possibly added in later C19. |
| Particulars for Ivy Cottage, Lower Broughton Road: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Type | House |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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| NHLE List Entry Number: | 1386146 |
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