PREBENDAL HOUSES AT LITTLE CHESTER. 



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has passed out of the possession of the Corporation and now 

 belongs to Mr. Dicken. We judge that the present house is 

 partly of Queen Elizabeth's reign ; some portions being of an 

 earlier date and others later. The drawings show this plainly, 

 especially the addition to the right in the front view, where the 



Manor Farm, Little Chester — Front View. 



joining on of a newer part is shown, the older part leaning slightly 

 forward, so that a projection runs up from the side of the door to 

 the top. The stone base is most likely part of an older house. 

 This stone base is to be seen only on the other side, or back view, of 

 the house. There has been a stone doorway at the back, corres- 

 ponding to that in the front. The place has evidently, during 

 some part of its history, fallen into decay, and has been repeatedly 

 patched, as seen in the marks of the newer brickwork joined on 

 to the older part. The windows in the wing, which is an addition, 

 and not so old as the front of the house, have formerly had stone 

 work, like those in the front ; a new piece has been put in, to- 

 gether with the present window frames of wood. Both the rooms 

 in the wing are good, the lower one being wainscoted round, 

 while the upper room has some nice old Dutch tiles round 



