Onion Farm
Onion Farm, Warburton Lane, Lymm, WA13 9TW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338885
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Onion Farm
- Statutory Address:
- Onion Farm, Warburton Lane, Lymm, WA13 9TW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338885
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Onion Farm
- Statutory Address 1:
- Onion Farm, Warburton Lane, Lymm, WA13 9TW
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Onion Farm, Warburton Lane, Lymm, WA13 9TW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Trafford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Warburton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 70945 89423
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/04/2018
SJ 78 NW
6/184
WARBURTON
WARBURTON LANE
Onion Farm
(Formerly listed as Building approx 10 metres west of Villa Farmhouse)
II
Former farmhouse, now (June 1989) used for storage purposes. Three phases: first, a timber-framed house of the late C16 or early C17; this was partially rebuilt (or extended) in sandstone perhaps in the later C17; most of the earlier external walling was replaced in brick in the C18. Largely brick in English garden wall bond, with sandstone courses to all but the south elevation; internal framed partitions; tiled gable-end roof. Two storeys.
Plan: housebody (principal room) with stone fireplace to north backing on to stairs; one room to north of this; two smaller service rooms to south, divided axially, the whole in series under a single roof. It is likely that the stairs were inserted in the C18 into a cross passage.
Exterior: Front (east): two three-light casements to each floor, those to ground under elliptical brick window arches; off-centre doorway (originally marking cross-passage), C18 boxed surround and planked door.
Rear: lean to extension in brick to left (north); doorway to housebody, C18, with small fire-window to left; two irregularly placed casement windows to right (ground floor); one three-light window only to first floor (lighting stairs); large buttress and some later patching. North end largely sandstone; south end entirely of brick with storage access to 1st floor.
Interior: the partition dividing the housebody from the two service rooms to the south, timber framed with wattle and daub infill, has to the housebody side and at ground floor level only, good quality-but much faded late-C16 or early-C17 paintings direct on to
plaster and wood depicting a woman in elaborate full dress with two geese and a
rose, against a foliage background. C18 doorway to southeast room, later doorway to southwest room. C18 doorways with pegged surrounds and planked doors survive throughout. C18 stairs with closed string and splat balusters (many missing).
Roof: not completely visible, appears to be of king-post type. The presence of a high quality wall painting in a house of this status is rare. The subject may be St Werburga, whose emblem is a goose; the local parish church is dedicated to her.
Listing NGR: SJ7094589423
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 358731
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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