Description

WRIGHTINGTON
SD50NW LEES LANE
1283-/10/10008 Block of farm buildings to north
of Halliwell Farmhouse
25/06/73
GV II

Barn with attached cartshed. Dated 1663 on west side; altered, and part recently restored. Coursed thin sandstone rubble with quoins, composition tile roof. T-plan: 4-bay barn on north-south axis with aisle to east side of 2 southern bays and wing on west side of 2nd bay. Altered full-height waggon entrance on east side of 3rd bay (former opposed entrance on west side blocked), various slit breathers (on 4 levels of north gable); datestone on west side of lst bay with raised lettering H
L A
1663
Large west wing with 2 segmental-headed arches on south side and loft doorway in west gable. INTERIOR: principal-rafter roof trusses with stop-chamfered tie-beams and raked struts, 2 pairs of purlins with windbraces to the upper; aisle-post to outshut with angle-braces to tie-beam and to aisle-plate; wooden boskins arranged laterally in south bay, with feeding passage on north side. Forms group with Halliwell's Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SD5183208618

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330559

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)