Description

RIVINGTON RIVINGTON LANE (off)
SD 61 SW
14/186 Rivington Hall Barn
22.10.52
GV II

Barn, now licensed for music, dancing etc. Probably C16, restored, altered
and enlarged c.1905 by Jonathan Simpson for Lord Leverhulme. Cruck frame,
cladding of coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof. Long range of 7
bays, with aisles added c.1905, the roof carried down over them on flatter
pitch; in centre of west side a T-plan timber-framed porch in Tudor style,
and in both gables a long flush mullion window at ground floor and similar
mullion and transom window above; east side altered and with various
service additions. Interior: 6 full cruck trusses all on large boulder
padstones and all with tie-beams, collars and yokes; aisle principals,
dorsals and windbraces purlins appear to be all modern additions.
Reference: VCH Lancs V p.289

Listing NGR: SD6331614488

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Rivington Hall Barn at Wikipedia
• Rivington Hall Barn official website
• Wikidata Q7338887

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