Eastern Block of Farm Courtyard at Tanyard Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. Farm building.

Eastern Block of Farm Courtyard at Tanyard Farm

WRENN ID
lone-jamb-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Type
Farm building
Address
Eastern Block of Farm Courtyard at Tanyard Farm, Castle Mill Lane, Ashley
OS grid reference
SJ 780 844
Coordinates
53.35679, -2.3315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The eastern block of the farm courtyard at Tanyard Farm is a farm building from the 18th century, currently used for milling meal and as a piggery. It is constructed of red English garden wall bond brick and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys divided into two halves. On the courtyard front, there are barn doors to the right and two stable doors to the left. The left gable end includes small framing with small cruciform breathers.

Inside, the roof trusses create six bays and incorporate some 17th-century timbers. The westernmost truss includes a tie beam, arch braces, queen posts, and a yolk. The next truss has a tie beam, king post, diagonal braces, and arch braces. There is small framing in the gable of the dividing wall. The truss to the east has a tie beam, king post, and strapped joints, with a light collar beam connecting them. The easternmost truss features a tie beam, queen struts, and arch braces.

Local climate

Eastern Block of Farm Courtyard at Tanyard Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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