Cattle House Circa 15 Metres North West Of Mawdesley Hall

MAWDESLEY NEW STREET SD 41 NE 8/163 Cattle-house c.15 metres 22.10.52 north west of Mawdesley Hall (formerly listed as Mawdesley Hall barn) GV II

Cattle-house, now store. C16 or early C17, recently restored. Timber frame on high sandstone rubble plinth, stone-coloured tile roof. Four-bay plan with outshut to rear of 3rd bay. Posts and rails make 2 tiers of square panels, the upper with straight arch-bracing to the wallplate, panels at the front plastered and painted white, and those at the back mostly filled with building blocks; 4 doors in each side, those at the front very regularly disposed, all with cambered wooden lintels framed into the posts. Interior: roof of 3 collar trusses with arch bracing from the posts to the tie-beams, angle struts, and straight windbracing to the lower side of the purlins, doorway into outshut like other doorways. (Note: item is comparable with cattle house at Littlewood Hall Farm, ULNES WALTON C.P. q.v., but on more modest scale).

Listing NGR: SD4974215116