Bogburn Hall

SD 51 SE COPPULL BOGBURN LANE

8/85 Bogburn Hall 17.4.1967 (Formerly listed as Bogburn Hall GV II Farmhouse)

Farmhouse, dated 1663. Brick on stone plinth, with stone quoins, scored render to facade and left return wall, stone slate roof (felted at rear) with a chimney on the ridge. Two bay baffle-entry plan with outshut to 1st bay and gabled 2½ storey extension to rear of 2nd bay. Two storeys; central 2-storey gabled porch which has a chamfered and slightly arched opening with stone jambs and lintel, and stone side benches, and an inner studded plank door in wooden case with cyma-stopped chamfer; above the entrance is a recessed square datestone lettered H R.A 1663, and at 1st floor a 2-light sliding sash window; otherwise, all 4 front windows are altered (early C20 bays at ground floor). Right return wall has at attic level a square datestone in chamfered stone frame, lettered in relief H Various windows in rear wall include segmental-headed :I:·: 1663 stairlight to 1st bay, a 2-light sliding sash to ground floor, and a fixed attic window with glazing bars. Interior: many original features include diamond-pattern stone flagged floor, ¼-round moulded beams, inglenook fireplace with stone heck and very large bressummer, staircase with some splat balusters, some internal timber framing, batten and board doors with stop-chamfered cases, smoke hood in attic c. 4 metres square, and 4 roof trusses with raking struts and collars; both sets of principals survive, that for the original steeper roof (with housings for purlins) and that which replaces it. History: home of Haydock family, used for Quaker meetings in late Cl7. (H.C. Porteus History of Standish; plaque in chancel of Church of St. John the Divine, q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5605512420