Building record 130/1/3 - Outbuilding/shippon at Little Moreton Hall Farm

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, SJ85NW 7/81 (Report). SCH1934.

Grade II Listed. Timber framed farm building constructed in C16th or C17th. Farmyard side to the building was refaced in brick in the C19th. The rear wall, only visible from the interior,has 13 x 3 cells of small framing with tension braces to either end and two plank doorways. The interior has 2 purlins and a ridge with wattle and daub infill to the dividing wall, which has a queen post truss.

<2> University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, 2001, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire: Archaeological Landscape and Building Survey Work on the Estate., R2401 (Client Report). SCH4230.

A building and landscape survey was undertaken in 2001 at Little Moreton Hall, as part of a wider scheme of works. Two farm buildings were investigated - the seventeenth century Shippon Range and the nineteenth century Cowhouse (CHER 130/1/4). The shippon range lies on the north side of the farmyard to the east of Little Moreton Hall. It is a two-storeyed, partially timber-framed and brick built four bay structure, with graduated slate roof. It is seventeenth century in date.

<3> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1162020 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Farmbuilding. C16 or C17 with a C19 refacing. Timber framed with brick and wattle-and-daub infill with English garden wall bond brick and a stone slate roof. Two storeys. Farmyard front: all of C19 brick has two stable doors with cambered heads and 5 camber-headed window openings with ashlar sills and 4 rectangular window openings of C20 date. Above are two loft doorways, that at right having ashlar hinge dressings. To right of centre is a gabled dormer containing a loft door. To the top of the walling is a wall-plate with peg-holes. The rear wall which can only be seen from the interior has 13 x 3 cells of small framing with tension braces to either end and two plank doorways. Interior: 2 purlins and a ridge with wattle-and-daub infill to the dividing wall which has a queen-post truss.