Goyt Hall

SJ 99 SW WERNETH BREDBURY GREEN Romiley 1/195 Goyt Hall 29.3.66

G.V. II

House. c.1570 for Randle Davenport but with alterations and rebuilding of c.1860 by R. Horsefield. Timber-framed with dressed stone rear, Flemish bond brick wing and roofs of slate and stone slate. H-shaped house with 2 storeys throughout and 2-storey porch and symmetrically corresponding projecting bay: former cross-passage open to house-part. Stone plinth and coved jetty and eaves to house- part and same to projecting porch (right) and left bays which have jettied gables with enriched bressumer beams including the initials R and D. Porch has 4-centred arch doorway. Left crosswing has zig-zag enriched bressumer. Right crosswing of c.1860 replaces a timber-framed wing of 1 storey. Windows are later casements or Victorian sashes. Rear has scattered fenestration, stone quoins and formerly had an external stack to the house-part. The interior has lost its main features but retains chamfered beams with stepped stops and diagonal struts. C19 walls were inserted to break up the large spaces. A fine example of a large C16 Cheshire vernacular house.

Listing NGR: SJ9231990134