PADGATE RECTORY & COACH HOUSE - 1840

18/1/2017

Padgate Rectory photographed on 15 January 2017. This building which was built in 1840 sits just to the North of the church. The building was originally T shaped but has clearly had a number of additions over the last 177 years which although probably required to enable the building to function do not look great. At the time of writing a new replacement vicarage/rectory is being built on land next door which will probably lead to the sale of this building

Padgate Rectory’s Coachhouse also photographed on 15 January 2017. This was also presumably built in 1840 at the same time of the rectory. It is located in the grounds of the original rectory just inside the perimeter wall and close to the road.

The building has two floors, the upper was probably a hayloft/store The ground floor was split in two, the large gates formed the entance to where the coach would be kept, the smaller door opened into a stable with two stalls for horses. On the rear of the building is a chimney stack. I like this building, you do not see many coach houses.

12 Comments

James T

23/2/2017 12:38:27 pm

I am the current owner/occupier of the (now Former) Padgate Rectory. You were quite right to say in your article that a new Rectory is/was being built next door, but the old Rectory (the one pictured was actually sold off last year. I have been living there since early 2016. I'm intrigued as to what brought you to the place - unless it has some obscure shipping connection which is not entirely obvious.

Steve

23/2/2017 04:12:21 pm

Hi James, sadly no obscure shipping connection. I was working for a client nearby for a few months managing a bid for a student accommodation scheme and one lunchtime after reviewing old maps.com I decided to walk into the village. I work in construction and I'm interested in old buildings / history and sometimes I go metal detecting (usually without any luck) with my daughter. Anyway I found your home, the coach house, church and station interesting, found out a bit more about them and put them on my site. I hope you do not mind. Kind Regards Steve

Stephen Pollock-Hill link

8/10/2019 10:42:11 am

James,
My grandfather, The Rev William Lyttleton Pollock-Hill was vicar(C of E) of Padgate circa 1900, and must have lived in your house for about 12 years, and my father Malcolm was born there in 1907.It was the first of four parishes of which he was vicar. He was a very eminent athlete, before he entered the Church., still holding a World record of winning the 1 mile & 3 mile on the same day -never equalled, and was presented to King George V in March1913 during the Royal visit to Lancashire ( as it was then).

I have some family photos taken outside the Vicarage ( I think, but it might be Ashton Makerfield which he moved to around 1912. Might these be of interest? i am editing his, and my father's copious memoirs, whilst writing y own.
Although we live in Herts, if I were to travel to padgate might it be possible to see the former Vicarage and take a photo of what it looks like now?
I believe the "living" was one of the parishes ( he held three) belonging to the very wealthy Egerton Warburton family see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Egerton-Warburton ( the actress Helena Bonham-Carter is a descendant, I think.

Steve Reynolds

8/10/2019 11:04:42 am

Stephen. Good luck!

James Tobiasen

9/10/2019 04:43:24 pm

Stephen, what a wonderful family history. I would love to see your photographs of the Vicarage - it would be fascinating to see how it had changed. And of course, if you are in the Warrington area, I would be more than happy for you to visit.

Chris Smith link

24/10/2019 09:42:38 am

Hi Stephen,
Your grandfather was a curate at St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham in 1895/6 - do his memoirs include any mention of that time - for example about Rev James Pollock or Rev Tom Pollock?
I am churchwarden at St Alban's and have been researching our parish history.
Chris Smith

Iain

17/8/2021 09:56:49 pm

Hello,

I'm related to rev. william pollock-hill as well. My family lives in Canada now and am hoping to gather some information about some past relatives. Is there any way that we can access any part of that memoir? Is it online somewhere?

All the best,

Susan Daniels

18/2/2021 10:41:37 am

My Great Grandparents - Henry and Sarah Antrobus lived in the Vergers cottage which was sited in the grounds of the Church Yard/Vicarage. The cottage was demolished, but I have a painting of the cottage painted by Albert Milton Drinkwater. Has anyone got any information ?

Richard Antrobus

22/11/2021 08:13:59 pm

Hi
I’ve just come across this thread. I possess the the same painting by drinkwater and was informed it was a relation of mine who lived in the old sextons cottage which maybe due to surname?

Susan

23/11/2021 09:41:16 am

Hi Richard, is your painting a small watercolour ? Mine is a 4ft x 4ft oil in a gilt frame. I believe there is also a small watercolour in the Warrington Art Gallery. When next up north I hope to see it. I researched the family & cottage for a story I was writing. My great grandfather was Henry Antrobus had 5 children - 3 boys, 2 girls. My grandmother Sarah was the youngest and lived with her parents, husband (Frank Oakes) and their two boys Rowland and Clifford (my Father) till Laburnham Terrace was built in Station Road. The painting moved with them. Sarah’s older sister married a farmer from Croft way, their youngest son was Albert Drinkwater. He must have visited the cottage many times with his mother when visiting her younger sister Sarah. It is my assumption that the painting was a wedding gift to Sarah & Frank.
Are you related to the Antrobus family who had a carpentry & coffin making business in Padgate Lane, Just over the railway bridge ?

Valerie keeley

7/8/2021 02:07:43 pm

My grandparents and my father and uncles also lived in the cottage. You can still see where the gate was, as the bricks are different. My uncle had a picture of the cottage. I was baptised in the Church and attended the school.

Richard Antrobus

28/8/2022 12:52:07 pm

Hi Susan
Thank you for your reply, apologies for the delay in my reply. It’s interesting history as my father suggested those people in the cottage are also our relatives? It’s a nice painting!
Mine is 2+ ft rectangle oil painting. I’m Looking for good home for this painting & nice commemorative tea towel in a nice frame of the old smithy / church / green lane school, ( was a gift from the council) if you have any ideas please let me know. I’m Phillips oldest, Phillip was the youngest of joe & Kate who owned the wood yard. I’ve noticed Henry Antrobus is near where our plot is located.

PADGATE RECTORY & COACH HOUSE - 1840

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