Description

RUYTON-XI-TOWNS C.P. -
SJ 32 SE

8/132 Linhay with attached walls
- and cart shelter at west
end approx. 80m east of
21.8.86 Shelvock Farmhouse
(formerly listed as Linhay,
Shelvock Farm)

GV II

Linhay with attached walls and cart shelter. Probably late C18 with later
alterations. Roughly coursed and dressed sandstone rubble on north with
weatherboarded timber frame to upper level on south, part clad in corrugated
iron, but formerly open on both levels; graded slate roof. Shelter sheds
to ground floor with continuous hay-loft above; regularly coursed and dressed
sandstone walls with flat coping at right-angles to south form rectangular
enclosures. Loft now supported on cast-iron pillars with carved wooden
pads to top. North side has 4 rectangular openings to first floor and
plain doorway to right of centre. South-facing 2-bay cart shelter at west
end. Interior. Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (November
1986) but said to have straight tension braces visible to timber framed
upper storey and king-post roof in 18 bays. Shelvock Farmhouse is not
included in this list.

Listing NGR: SJ3717624083

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648695

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)