Medlock Hall

SD 90 SW FAILSWORTH DAISY NOOK 7/33 Medlock Hall 24/3/66 G.V. II House. C17 but incorporating an earlier cruck truss probably of C16 date. Timber frame on stone plinth with squared rubble crosswing and slate roof. 2 units (3 bays) of a former 3-unit cross-passage plan with 2 storeys. A bay to the left was demolished in 1890s. Square-panel timber framing to left wing with porch to right and total of 5 C20 casement windows. Gabled stone crosswing to right has a 3- light double-chamfered stone mullion window with hoodmould on each floor. Ridge chimney stack. Right return has similar 2, 3 and 4-light windows, the former a fire window. The rear is entirely obscured by C20 extensions and a dormer window. Interior: cruck truss to left of cross-passage has 2 collars which are visible at first floor level. Backing onto it is an inglenook fireplace with heck post and segmental arched bressummer beam. The stone wing also has an inglenook fireplace, the heck post having a carved bracket where it meets the bressummer beam. Chamfered floor beams with run- out stops. Timber-framed internal walls with wattle and daub panels. Tie-beam roof truss in stone wing. W. M. Bowman England in Ashton-under-Lyne, 1960.

Listing NGR: SD9182900462