Wade Hall Farmhouse

SD 52SW LEYLAND LEYLAND LANE

8/39 No. 451 - (Wade Hall Farmhouse) - II

Farmhouse, now house, early C17 or earlier, altered probably in C19. Stone plinth, timber frame with rendered brick cladding, slate roof on 2 levels. Baffle-entry 3-bay plan with ridge chimney stack and 2 gable end stacks. Two storeys, stepped down in 3rd bay. Door with rectangular stone head at right side of middle bay; ground floor has 3 casement windows, all with 3 lights, stone sills and heads; 1st floor has 3 similar windows with stone sills, those on the left headed by timber wallplate rendered as continuous band; rear has outshut and single storey extension. Interior: substantial evidence of timber frame, including wallposts, partition walls of posts and rails with braces, probably with clamstaff and daub infill; roof with king post trues (the tie beam visible in chamber below), 2 pairs of side purlins, and evidence of 4 windbraces. Large chamfered bridging beams in 2 ground floor rooms, one in the left room with unusual diamond-shaped and grooved stop, and undercutting indicating former stair, presumably inserted after first building.

Listing NGR: SD5280621115