Description

SJ 78 SE TATTON C.P. TATTON PARK

4/111 Cruck barn at Tatton Old
Hall (formerly at
5.10.79 Woodlands, Frodsham)
(formerly listed as
Woodhouses Cruck Frame
Barn)

II

Barn. C16. Timber-framed with brick infill and thatch roof.
Undivided hall plan. South East front: Stone base. 20 x 3 cells of
small framing with brick infill with breathers of rectangular shape
and 4 square holes in cross patterns alternating. Double doors to 7th
and 8th bays and single door to 20th bay from right, all C20
incorporated at time of re-erection. Norfolk reed thatch roof with
sedge to ridge. North west facade: also of 20 x 3 cells of small
framing, single door to 14th bay from right. Plain brick gable end to
south west and similar to North East with square pitch hole and door
to gable.
Interior: 3 base cruck trusses supported on stone footings, each with
low cambered ties (a later insertion) a collar and yoke. Spurs above
level of tie running from crucks to wall below level of wall plate.
Cruck at south western gable end has broken blades at top with
inserted angle braces and queen posts. Wind bracing. Framing shows
that a half-hip may have existed at the west end. At the time of
reconstruction the ground cill and wall plate were replaced with new
timber and certain of the timbers to the South East front and the
majority of the timber or timbers brought from the demolished barn at
Tollemache Farm, Clotton Hoofield.

Listing NGR: SJ7561381350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96276529

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide