Aughton House And Adjoining Barns

SD 56 NE HALTON-WITH-AUGHTON MAIN STREET Aughton 8/113 Aughton House and adjoining 4. 10. 1967 Barns

GV II

House, with barn of same build to north-east under continuous roof. Slobbered sandstone rubble with slate roof. House i of 2 units with central entrance and end stacks. 2 storeys with attic. Modern casement window in plain surround to left of porch. To the right a 3-light window with square mullions. On the 1st floor a 2-light window with square mullion to left and a similar window with mullion removed to right. Gabled porch has doorway in left return wall and window with plain reveals in right wall. At the rear are a rebated and chamfered window surround on the 1st floor, stone gutter corbels, and a later wing. Inside there are upper crucks in the attic. Barn to north-east has 2 wide segmental-arched openings, that to the left now partly blocked to form a smaller doorway. Gable chimney and blocked window to rear suggest a possible former domestic use. Later barn adjoins house to south-west under lower slate roof with gable coping and kneeler. The wide central entrance under a segmental arch is now partly blocked to form a narrower doorway. Small pitching door under eaves to left.

Listing NGR: SD5505067242