Monument record 1202/1/2 - Cruck Barn, Arley Hall

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England (Web Site). SCH6528.

Former barn converted to a ride in the C19. Early C16. Stone plinth, timber frame with brick infill, slate roof. Single storey. East front: stone plinth, 6 bays, through carriage way to right. Each bay subdivided into three horizontal ranges of cells. 2 cells to lowest range divided by central post. 4 cells to middle and upper ranges. Lowest range with brick infill. Middle range infill of end-butted clapboard. Upper range without any infill with one angle brace at each cell. Half-timbered gable to carriage-way. C19 timber clock turret above of 3 stages, moulded baluster-type columns to corners of clock stage. Saddleback roof with arch to gable containing bell. Interior: 7 full-cruck trusses with ties and collars, two collars to two of the trusses. Spurs at level of tie, wall-plate and collar. Brick floor laid in C20. The building adjoins the Tudor Barn.

<2> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 1/613 (Book). SCH1389.

The barn was supposed to be coeval with the first hall.

<3> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.107 (Book). SCH7059.

The western approach to Arley Hall is … under an arch and tall clock turret designed by Salvin. Flanking the arch on one hand is a long fifteenth century barn with seven cruck-trusses, its sides partly open. On the other, stables (the Tudor Barn, 1202/1/3), now café, dated 1604.