Building record 954/1/1 - Hall Green Farmhouse

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/4 (Report). SCH1934.

Hall Green Farmhouse & attached Front Garden Wall.Perhaps late med core with late C16/early C17 crosswings with facade of c.1840 & C19 extensions to rear.Timber-framed on tall sandstone plinth,Flemish bond orange brick skin.Welsh slate roof.Plan of hall and two crosswings.Attached to front is stone garden wall of 2 heights.Int:timber-frame visible in places.Some large framing in hall wing & small framing to hall upper storey & crosswings. Of great interest are two surviving panels of a naive mural in an upstairs room.1 panel complete,showing Marbury Hall (now demolished).About half survives of the other panel & shows 2 windmills & a lighthouse.The mural extends around the hall or the room.More is known to be under the existing wallpaper.It is unsigned & must date from early-mid C18.No other mural of this type survives in England.Full architectural description

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C 1987 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

During 1986 a winter scene was revealed.

<3> Vale Royal Borough Council, 1977-79, The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey Index Card, ACT/HB8 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

17th century and alterations and additions. Datestone f 1674 on barn. House could be older.