Description

AUGHTON ST MICHAEL'S ROAD
SD 30 NE
7/23 Aughton Old Hall
11.10.68
II

House. C15, altered probably late C18 and restored mid C20. Brick and
sandstone rubble with remains of timber frame. 2 storeys. East wall has
one-bay cross-wing at left, of stone on the ground floor and brick above.
The windows are C20 casments with glazing bars. Main range has exposed
framing near junction with cross-wing. A doorhead with depressed pointed
arch connects 2 wallposts, which are tenoned into a wallplate below the
present eaves level. Immediately to the right of the 2nd post is a 3rd,
also tenoned into the wallplate. To the right on the ground floor is a
window. On the 1st floor are 2 windows, the left-hand one above the
timber doorhead. The present doorway is to the right of the original one.
Chimneys in line with original doorway and on gable of cross-wing.
Interior: present stair to left of front door, divided from it by short
timber-framed wall. Cross-wing has some exposed ceiling beams on ground
floor, and a C17 segmental-arched stone fireplace built within the cross-
passage. On the 1st floor part of a spere truss is visible, with a tie-
beam interrupted by the posts, which are arch-braced to the central
raised tie-beam. The timber wall visible on the ground floor is a part of
the spere. An arched brace from the front post to the tie-beam has been
removed, but part of a moulding remains on the post. Part of the rear
post and arched brace is also visible. On the 1st floor part of the
framing of the cross-wing is exposed where is abutts the hall range. The
wall is separately framed in square panels with straight braces. Lack of
weathering on the tie-beam of the hall truss, which has raking struts,
suggests that there has always been a storeyed end to the hall.

Listing NGR: SD3913305536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524427

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)