Building record 306/0/3 - Barn north of Haughton Thorn, Long Lane

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A late seventeenth century timber framed barn with brick infill. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the seventeenth century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (decorative brcik infill) was often used in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56812 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Barn, late seventeenth century. Brick nogged and weather boarded timber frame with thatched roof. nine-panel side, six-panel gable. Sandstone plinth, small framing, passing braces to gable. Two lower levels of panels brick nogged, upper panels and gable apex weather boarded. The gable has barge boards. Interior: Strutted truss, oak purlins with wind braces, cleft thatch rafters.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 195/2, c.1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

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  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56812. [Mapped features: #39604 56812; #53353 56812]
  • <2> Maps and Plans: See map for surveyor. c.1837-51. Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards. EDT 195/2, c.1840.

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Grid reference Centred SJ 579 561 (9m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ55NE
Civil Parish HAUGHTON, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County HAUGHTON, BUNBURY, CHESHIRE

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Nov 6 2020 11:41AM