Aughton Barns

SD 56 NE HALTON-WITH-AUGHTON AUGHTON BROW

8/112 Aughton Barns 4. 10. 1967 II

House, probably C18th, considerably altered. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 bays, with central entry. To the left of the door is a fixed window with glazing bars and plain reveals. To the right is a 2- light window with roughly chamfered head and jambs and crude stone mullion. On the 1st floor to the left is a fixed window with glazing bars and plain reveals. To the right is a 2-light window with stone mullion and plain reveals. Door has plain reveals. Left-hand gable has low recess with plain reveals said to be a bee bole, with a similar recess at the right-hand end of the rear wall. Rear (west) wall has 3 sashed windows, with a fixed window to the left having plain reveals and glazing bars. Chimneys on the left-hand gable and to the right of the front door. Inside there is a shouldered and moulded stone fireplace of C18th type in the right-hand room. Stone stair rises out of left-hand room.

Listing NGR: SD5512866871