Building record 19/4/7 - Ince Manor - Barn

For details of Ince Manor Grange and the Grade I Listed Hall and Monastic Cottages, see individual records:-
Ince Manor Monastic Grange - 19/4/0
Hall - 19/4/1
Monastic Cottages - 19/4/2

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1138811 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Farm Building abutting Manor House to South East, Grade II Listed.
Listing description:- Early C19th rectangular 2-storey farm building with gabled slate roof and tile ridges. Brown brick, in places on stone plinth or with stone underpinning on Marsh Lane elevation. 3 Doors: one cart door, one with brick arched head. Inserted window, metal framed. 2 Circular pitch-holes, one glazed. 1 Rectan- gular window. Now part dwelling, part barn/storage.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Vol 8, p.40, 26/09/1963 (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Slater F G, 1919, A Cheshire Parish: Being a Short History of Ince, p.38 (Book). SCH59.

In 1919, Slater describes a 'barn-like building of brick, used as a workshop'.

<4> Thompson, P, 1983, Ince Manor: Medieval Monastic Buildings on the Mersey Marshes, p.5 (Monograph). SCH1474.

Butting onto the Hall to the south is an early 19th centuru brick farm building. It partially obscures the south wall of the Hall.

<5> Donald Insall Associates, 1995, Ince Manor Grange: A Feasibility Study, R4730 (Client Report). SCH7528.

Feasibility study produced for Ince Manor Grange prior to repair and reuse of the buildings, including the barn.

<6> Cheshire Historic Buildings Preservation Trust, Ince Manor Grange (Web Site). SCH9518.

The barn was renovated in the 2000s as part of a programme of repair and restoration of the medieval buildings (Hall and Monastic Cottages) at Ince Manor.

<7> Cheshire County Council, 23/10/1998, Letter regarding 19th century drawing of Ince Manor, Print, 1835 (Written Communication). SCH7521.

A privately owned print of Ince Hall dating to 1835 showing the east-facing elevation of the Hall with a barn abutting it to the south.