Building record 200/4/5 - Barns at Crewe Hall Farm

<1> Gifford and Partners, 2005, Crewe Hall Farm, Cheshire; Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p.10 (Client Report). SCH4681.

Three farm buildings which are probably contemporary with the courtyard buildings (late nineteenth century). Constructed of brick and supporting a ceramic tiled pitched roof the use of this three-storey building complex is unknown. However, set into the eastern elevation are a number window slits and diamond-shaped brick ventilation honeycombs suggesting that the first and second storeys were utilised for drying of crops.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7353, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

These buildings are first depicted on this map.

<3> JA Story & Partners, 1985, 1985 Story & Partners Survey, Run 27, no.068, 31/05/1985 (Aerial Photograph). SCH2993.

Aerial photographs indicate that the central and eastern buildings of the group were Dutch barns with rounded or arched roofs.

<4> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101011_5797, 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

The Dutch barns have been demolished.