Description

SJ 66 SE CHURCH MINSHULL C.P. OVER ROAD

3/32 Minshull Hall Farmhouse
12/1/1967
GV II*

Farmhouse, late C17 with C18 and C19 alterations. Brown brick, in
Flemish Bond, with tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Weathered
stone plinth. 2 ½ brick wide projecting quoin pilasters, with similar
returns to gables, and with moulded stone caps below eaves. Half-brick
deep projecting centre bay fronted by modern porch of brick with
pitched roof and moulded barge boards. 6-panel bead-and-flush
entrance door with rectangular transome light in heavy section oak
frame. The centre bay has recessed sashes with single glazing bars,
stone sills and flat gauged arches with keystones. There are also
three built-up windows openings, one at ground floor and two at first
floor level flanking the centre window. The altered attic window is
in a shallow pitched gable with shaped barge board and finial. The
side bays have sashes in pairs, without glazing bars; these are
linked, under single flat arches, by built up pilaster/weight boxes.
Brick bands at first and second floor level are respectively 3 courses
and 2 courses deep. The east gable has sashes to ground and first
floors and 2-light casements in the apex. The west gable has a single
storey addition and attic casements only. Gable barge boards and
square central stack.
Interior: Entrance hall has panelled ceiling of narrow bevelled beams
in the form of a Roman II in a diamond. Flooring of small square
stone slabs set diagonally. C17 Oak panelling. Inglenook beam and
bevelled beams. Wide high quality oak open newel staircase with
turned balusters. Exposed timbers with passing braces in internal
walls in staircase area. Exposed oak purlins.
In the garden substantial remains of a moated site suggest that a
larder building once occupied the area.

Listing NGR: SJ6550461262

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17964705

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)