Building record 1368/1/1 - Henshaw Hall Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dated 1674 on tablet which records the "Heirs to this land", being 10 members of the Henshaw family. Red English garden wall bond brick with slate roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: four bays, door to second bay from right with stone tablet above. One 4-light cambered headed casement window right of door and two to left. Similar to first floor with straight lintels. C19 additions to rear. Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams to ground floor and some small framing to internal walls. Full architectural descritpion (1). At Henshall Hall, once situated within a square moat (see CHER1368/1/2), an inscribed stone above the door reads as follows "They Heirs of this land: William Henshaw, Hugh Henshaw, Adam Henshaw, Hugh Henshaw, Hugh Henshaw, Thomas Henshaw, Edwards Henshaw, Thomas Henshaw, Lea Henshaw and Thomas Henshaw who dyed the 9 day of Febr. Ano. Domi. 1674' (2).

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /7/94 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. 3 p.370 (Book). SCH1389.