Cattle House Circa 15 Metres North West Of Mawdesley Hall

The cattle house, located approximately 15 metres north-west of Mawdesley Hall, dates from the 16th century or early 17th century and has been recently restored. It features a timber frame set on a high sandstone rubble plinth, topped with a stone-coloured tile roof. The building has a four-bay plan with an outshut at the rear of the third bay. The structure includes posts and rails that create two tiers of square panels, with the upper panels featuring straight arch-bracing to the wallplate. The front panels are plastered and painted white, while those at the back are mostly filled with building blocks. There are four doors on each side, with the front doors arranged in a regular pattern, all equipped with cambered wooden lintels framed into the posts. Inside, the roof consists of three collar trusses with arch bracing connecting the posts to the tie-beams, angle struts, and straight windbracing on the lower side of the purlins. The doorway into the outshut is similar to the other doorways. This cattle house is comparable to the one at Littlewood Hall Farm in Ulnes Walton, though it is on a more modest scale.