Description

SJ 55 NW PECKFORTON PECKFORTON HALL LANE

1/15 Farm building south-east
of Peckforton Hall

GV II

Barn, late C17, stone, brickwork and oak boarded timber framing with
slate roof. 2 Storeys, 4 bays. Stone to first floor level with Oak
boarded timber framing above this to eaves level on north side and
east end. Brickwork replaces the timbers on the west side of the
building. There are internally splayed "arrow slit" openings in the
lower part of the stone wall. The studs in the timber framing are
close spaced for an agricultural building. Some original heavy floor
beams. The trusses have high collars with four posts rising from the
tie beam and there are braces from the timber frame to the underside
of the tie beams. Old ridge tree and purlins.

A more recent brick continuation of the barn, at the east end is of no
interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5455056583

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431708

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Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas