Farm Building At Moat Farm

SJ 77 NW TABLEY INFERIOR C.P. (Off) CHESTER ROAD

6/72 Farm building at Moat Farm.

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Farm building. Mid C17 encased in late C18. Red English garden wall bond brick with slate roof. 2 storeys. Yard front: projecting plinth. One double C20 garage door to extreme left. Two C19 stable doors and one undivided door all with flat lintels of headers. 6 C20 windows to ground floor. C20 external staircase to extreme right. 2 square pitch holes with doors and one loading door to first floor and one door at top of stairs at right. Interior: Two pairs of full crucks, one with cambered tie beam (later) and collar (also later) and yoke. Principals to either side (now redundant due to raising of roof level) and diagonal struts linking crucks to principals. Spurs at level of present wall top supporting new principals. Other crucktruss has C18 and C19 tie beam. Collar above joined to a second flimsy collar by means of an equally slender central strut. Third collar above supporting crown post. Original principals in place with struts, at 45° linking these with the cruck blades. Spurs at level of wall top supporting new principals.

Listing NGR: SJ7197877490