Barn And Stables About 25 Yards South-East Of Moor Hall

SO 97 NW BELBROUGHTON CP MOOR HALL DRIVE (east side)

6/46 Barn and stables about 25 yards south-east of Moor Hall

GV II

Barn and stables. c1700 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Brick with plain tiled roofs. Main range of eight bays aligned north-east/ south-west; wagon bays in third and sixth bays from south-west end; five-bay return to north-west and north-east end. Header ventilation courses. Main range has two inserted C20 double doors to main south-west elevation. Loft opening in south-east gable end. Interior: intermediate collar and tie-beam trusses with two struts and V-strut in apex; single tier of trenched purlins. Brick wall with large round-headed archway dividing fifth and sixth bays was probably former end wall; bays to north-east of this wall are later and have C20 metal roof trusses. Five-bay return is partly of two levels; it has two ground floor openings, a stable door, a loft door and a large cart opening in its north-east elevation. Two windows and loft door in its north-west gable end; all openings have cambered heads. Interior: tie-beam trusses with raking struts; two tiers of trenched purlins. The C19 single-storey wing adjoining the main range to the north-west and the C20 additions to both ranges are not of special architectural interest. This large building encloses the farmyard to the north and west and forms a prominent feature of the farm- stead particularly when approaching Moor Hall (qv) from the south. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO9353278394