Building record 1842/1/1 - Duddon Old Hall

Duddon Old Hall, Withington Lane. Farmhouse, late C16, graffito date 1772, early C19 alts & adds & late C19 restoration of timber framing. Partly timber framed on stone plinth, partly wasted brick. Slate roof. Plan of hall & crosswing. 2-storey, 4-bay S front. Left end bay timber framed & projects under barge-boarded gable. Ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned windows. Studding in ground storey, lozenges & shaped balusters in 1st floor & lozenges & serpentine struts in gable. 2nd bay has wooden doorcase & casement windows under flat wedged stone heads & stone sills. Graffito date on right end, diag strutting in rear gable. Int: Hall has inglenook with massive oak bressumer & heck post. Chamfered ceiling beams. Main chamber is open to the ridge & wainscotted throughout with fluted panels at top. Moulded stone fireplace with depressed arch. Room over hall with deeply chamfered & stopped ceiling beam. Range to rear were cheeserooms. Full architectural description (1).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/28 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ56SW2 1976 (Index). SCH2487.

<3> Ould E.A. & Parkinson J., 1904, Old Cottages, Farm Houses, and Other Half-timber Buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Cheshire (Book). SCH2325.