Building record 68/8 - 14 Church End, Hale

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Grade II listed detached house. Formerly timber-framed, it now has a 18th century limewashed bricks exterior with a thatched roof. The interior has cruck trusses. A Cruck is a beam used in timber framing. Two curved timbers that are cut from the same tree, used to support a roof, from floor to apex. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th 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, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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

No 14 Church End. Detached house. Formerly timber-framed, now C18 limewashed bricks with thatched roof. Interior has cruck trusses and oak wallplates with mortices.

<2> Smiths Gore, 2011, 14 Church End, Hale, L24 4AX - Record & Photographic Schedule of Condition (Client Report). SCH7974.

Survey undertaken in 2011 to record Grade II listed timber-framed cottage thought to be late 17th century in date but with alterations in 18th century. Includes photographs. The property survives in relatively unaltered form and is considered to be a heritage asset of considerable importance.

14 Church End is prominently located within the Hale Village Conservation Area. It is a large single storey building with thatched roof; it comprise three bays with an attic room over. The gable end wall faces onto Church Road. The interior structure retains the cruck trusses which support the thatched roof as well as oak wall plates with mortices and trenall holes, bevelled beams and heavy floor joists.

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  • <1> Report: Department of the Environment. 1971-2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. N/A.
  • <2> Client Report: Smiths Gore. 2011. 14 Church End, Hale, L24 4AX - Record & Photographic Schedule of Condition. R3845. N/A. N/A.

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Location

Grid reference SJ 469 821 (point) 8 Figure Ref
Map sheet SJ48SE
Civil Parish HALE, HALTON
Historic Township/Parish/County HALE, CHILDWALL, LANCASHIRE

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2016 11:41AM