South Tunley Hall Farmhouse

SOUTH TUNLEY HALL FARMHOUSE, OLD WASH LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1361888
Date first listed:
19-Nov-1951
List Entry Name:
South Tunley Hall Farmhouse
Statutory Address:
SOUTH TUNLEY HALL FARMHOUSE, OLD WASH LANE
South Tunley Hall Farmhouse, Wrightington. House from the 17th century with rainwater hopper inscribed 'TWE 1667'.
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1361888
Date first listed:
19-Nov-1951
List Entry Name:
South Tunley Hall Farmhouse
Statutory Address 1:
SOUTH TUNLEY HALL FARMHOUSE, OLD WASH LANE

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
SOUTH TUNLEY HALL FARMHOUSE, OLD WASH LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lancashire
District:
West Lancashire (District Authority)
Parish:
Wrightington
National Grid Reference:
SD 53416 12186

Details

WRIGHTINGTON OLD WASH LANE (north side) SD 51 SW 5/108 South Tunley Hall Farmhouse 19-11-1951 II

House. C17. Brick with sandstone plinth and quoins and slate roof. Comprises the west cross-wing and rebuilt hall range of an H-plan house partly demolished in 1958. 2 storeys with attic. Windows are C20 casements with plastered surrounds. South gable of cross-wing of one bay with blocked attic window, and blocked stair window with label to right on 1st floor. To the right is a lead rainwater pipe with cast lions' heads at the joints and with a hopper inscribed: 'TWE 1667'. This is a possible date for this wing. The main range is of 2 bays. In the left- hand bay is a single-storey lean-to porch of sandstone which has a chamfered doorway with canted head. The lintel is inscribed:'TW MW 1622'. The inner plank door has strap hinges and a moulded timber surround with canted head. Chimney on ridge of wing. An illustration of the house before alterations shows a 2-storey hall range with square-panelled timber-framing on the 1st floor, a 2-storey porch with plastered upper storey, and a timber-framed east wing with fishbone king post: all could be early C17. VCH Vol.3, facing p 180.

Listing NGR: SD5341612186

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Legacy System number:
357886
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Farrer, W, Brownbill, J, The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, (1908), 180

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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