Great House Barn

53°37′12″N 2°33′43″W / 53.620°N 2.562°W / 53.620; -2.562

Great House Barn, Rivington
Great House Barn, Rivington
Location within the Borough of Chorley
General information
Type	Barn
Town or city	Rivington, Lancashire
Country	England
Coordinates	53°37′12″N 2°33′43″W / 53.620°N 2.562°W / 53.620; -2.562
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	22 October 1952
Reference no.	1362125

Great House Barn is a 16th-century barn and Listed building in Rivington, Lancashire, England. Built as a tithe barn it is believed to be one of the oldest of its type in the county^[1] and is a Grade II listed building.^[2][3]

Built using cruck framing of oak, the original building is of, at the latest, 16th-century construction, but is likely to be older.^[1] Major changes were made to the building by Thomas Anderton, the owner in 1702. The west gable of the barn is dated 1702 but is possibly older and has the initials A TAR (Thomas, Alice, and Robert Anderton).^[4] By the early 20th century the Rivington Hall, farm and barns were owned by Lord Leverhulme and on his instructions the architect Jonathan Simpson made further substantial alterations to the barn. Architecturally, the barn is as Leverhulme had it restored, with the cruck beams infilled with sandstone block walls and a slate roof. The Tudor-style timber-framed porch and mullion windows are 20th-century additions^[3]

During the Second World War the barn was used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as a food storage depot.

The barn is owned by Salmons and is a cafe and forms part of an information centre about the Leverhulme estate.^[5]

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