Building record 246/1/2 - Minshull Hall Farmhouse

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 233, 3, 32 (Report). SCH1934.

Farmhouse, late C17 with C18 and C19 alterations. Brown brick, in Flemish Bond, with tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Weathered stone plinth. 2 ½ brick wide projecting quoin pilasters, with similar returns to gables, and with moulded stone caps below eaves. Half-brick deep projecting centre bay fronted by modern porch of brick with pitched roof and moulded barge boards. 6-panel bead-and-flush entrance door with rectangular transome light in heavy section oak frame. The centre bay has recessed sashes with single glazing bars, stone sills and flat gauged arches with keystones. There are also three built-up windows openings, one at ground floor and two at first floor level flanking the centre window. The altered attic window is in a shallow pitched gable with shaped barge board and finial. The side bays have sashes in pairs, without glazing bars; these are linked, under single flat arches, by built up pilaster/weight boxes. Brick bands at first and second floor level are respectively 3 courses and 2 courses deep. The east gable has sashes to ground and first floors and 2-light casements in the apex. The west gable has a single storey addition and attic casements only. Gable barge boards and square central stack. Interior: Entrance hall has panelled ceiling of narrow bevelled beams in the form of a Roman II in a diamond. Flooring of small square stone slabs set diagonally. C17 Oak panelling. Inglenook beam and bevelled beams. Wide high quality oak open newel staircase with turned balusters. Exposed timbers with passing braces in internal walls in staircase area. Exposed oak purlins. In the garden substantial remains of a moated site suggest that a larder building once occupied the area. (See also source 2)

<2> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56753 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<3> White Francis, 1860, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cheshire, p.358 (Book). SCH1410.

'…Mushall Hall is a large brick residence, pleasantly situated and commanding an extensive prosepect of the scenery around…'