Monument record 15353/1 - Site of nineteenth century barn and cottage, Woolfall Manor Farm

<1> Aeon Archaeology, 2021, Woolfall Manor, Longhill Lane, Hankelow, Cheshire, CW3 0JQ: Level 2 Historic Building Record, R4719 (Client Report). SCH9486.

A level 2 historic building record was produced in 2021 for a barn outbuilding at Woolfall Manor Farm, Longhill Lane, Hankelow, in advance of its demolition and redevelopment. The building consists of a two storey L-shaped range comprised of two rectangular buildings, orientated NW-SE and NE-SW respectively. A single, rectangular building is depicted on the 1842 Tithe Map of Audlem Township (source 2) in the location of the existing barn, and an L-shaped building is depicted in the same location on the later first edition OS map (source 3). Upon examination of the building it became clear that the NW-SE range stratigraphically predated the NE-SW range, butting up against the masonry rather than being keyed into it. This would suggest that the single rectangular building shown on the 1842 tithe map is in fact the existing NW-SE range which was extended by adding the NE-SW range some time between the production of the 1842 map and the Ordnance Survey six inch map of 1882. Building now demolished.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, Audlem Township, 1842 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Two buildings are depicted on the tithe map (1842) for Audlem Township at the site of Woolfall Manor Farm; one corresponds to Woolfall Manor and the other the barn (now demolished) to its north. The two buildings lie in Plot 299, which is described as '2 Cottages And Gardens', owned by John Hervey and occupied by Luke Billington and John Evans.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.