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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