Building record 246/1/3 - Farm buildings south east of Minshull Hall Farm

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1313107 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Multi-purpose farm building, late C17 with C19 and later additions and alterations. Brown brick with tile roof, gabled, "U" shaped plan. 2 storeys, 6 bays, three-course deep brick first floor band. Flush multiglazed casements. Single wide-boarded door on old strap hinges. Brick pilasters separate some of the bays. Stone gable kneelers and finials, blue tile copings. The C19 wing (east) has similar treatment to the gables. Interior: Some bevelled beams and heavy oak joists remain. Re-used purlins, modified king post trusses with oak tie beams.

<2> Roger Parry & Partners LLP, 2019, Heritage Statement: Minshull Hall, Church Minshull, Nantwich, CW5 6EA, R4342 (Client Report). SCH8749.

A heritage assessment and structural survey were produced in 2019 in support of a proposal to convert the grade ll listed farm building associated with Minshull Hall. This conversion is for a wedding and events venue with limited modifications.

The barn is suitable for conversion and is structurally sound as demonstrated by the structural survey, which concludes that the building is effectively redundant in terms of agricultural use, but it remains in essentially good condition having been kept more or less wind and water tight.