Monument record 1033/1 - Moorsbarrow Hall

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.III p.201-203 (Book). SCH1389.

Moorsbarrow-cum-Parme township is divided into two estates, one of which (Parme) is reputed a manor; on the other is the site of the hall of Moorsbarrow. The Moorsbarrow Hall estate was the property of the Beringtons in the reign of Edward I. The site of the old hall was formerly surrounded by a moat of which traces survive along with a small portion of the hall (which was of timber).

<2> Hanshall, J. H., 1817-1823, The History of the County Palatine of Chester, p.568 (Book). SCH1382.

<3> Lysons D & Lysons S, 1806-22, Magna Britannia, Vol.II p.692 (Book). SCH2066.

The site of the old hall is surrounded by a moat.

<4> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57201 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse, early nineteenth century. Brown brick in Flemish Bond with slate roof. Three storeys, three bays, with single-storey lean-to alongside the south gable. Ledged and battened door in heavy frame. Three course deep brick band at first floor. Three-light-casements with flat arches and stone keystones. The first and second storey windows in the centre bay are blocked but the soffite of the first floor centre window has an ogee shaped soffite, both sides of the keystone. Toothed band at eaves. Three blocked window openings in the north gable. Gable end stacks. Interior: Chamfered beams, six-panel and ledged and battened doors.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 277/2 c.1846 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts an irregular cross shaped building, with a long range of buildings to the north and two smaller buildings nearby.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7465, 1875-1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house with a long range of farm buildings, yard and building within the yard, to the north. The maps depict orchards to the west, south and east of the house. Labelled Moresbarrow Hall.

<7> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), 122/93 no.142, 22/10/1993 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

The farm buildings look unused. The house appears to be no longer a farmhouse.

<8> Bluesky International Ltd, 1999-2003, 1999-2003 Bluesky Survey, P 605 03_162, 13/04/2003 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5482.

The farm buildings appear to have been converted to domestic use.

<9> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 09/06/2021 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The description of the surviving element of the timber hall and the moat follow the entry for Moorsbarrow Hall in Ormerod (see 1) and Lysons (see 3), however the farmhouse at Parme Farm (CHER 1033/2), which was the seat of the manor, to the south does include elements of a seventeenth century timber framed building which would fit this description better than the early nineteenth century building at Moorsbarrow Hall.