Great House Barn

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

Barn in Lancashire, England

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]

## History

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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]

## References

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Notes

1. ^ a b Irvine p. 127.
2. ^ Great House Barn, Rivington. British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
3. ^ a b Historic England. "Great House Barn (1362125)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
4. ^ Farrer & Brownbill 1911, pp. 286–294
5. ^ "SALMONS (CATERERS) LIMITED". Jordans Business Information Services. Jordans. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

Bibliography

* Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1911), "Rivington", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5, British History Online, retrieved 4 June 2010
* Irvine, William Fergusson (1904), A short history of the township of Rivington in the county of Lancaster with some account of the church and grammar school, Edinburgh: Ballantyne Press, retrieved 26 May 2010

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Buildings and structures in the Borough of Chorley

Grade I|

* Astley Hall
* Great Barn
* Heskin Hall
* Hoghton Tower
* Mawdesley Hall

Grade II*|

* Bank Hall
* Buckshaw Hall
* Carr House
* Cuerden Hall
* Rivington Hall

Places of worship|

* Chorley: St George
* St Laurence
* Euxton: Parish Church
* Rivington: Unitarian Chapel

Grade II|

* Coppull Mill
* Great House Barn
* Rivington Hall Barn
* Runshaw Hall
* Shaw Hill

Places of worship|

* Adlington: Christ
* St Paul
* Bretherton: St John the Baptist
* Brindle: St James
* Euxton Hall: Chapel
* Hoghton: Holy Trinity
* Mawdesley: St Peter
* Rivington: Church

Scheduled
monuments|

* Round Loaf

Unlisted|

* Charnock Richard Services
* Chorley Interchange
* Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
* Chorley Town Hall
* HM Prison Garth
* HM Prison Wymott
* Mavis Mill
* Rivington services
* Winter Hill transmitting station
* Yarrow Bridge

Places of worship|

* Preston England Temple

Derelict or
demolished|

* Adlington Hall
* Camelot Theme Park
* Chisnall Hall Colliery
* Croston Hall
* Duxbury Hall
* Ellerbeck Colliery
* ROF Chorley

Listed in|

* Adlington
* Anderton
* Anglezarke
* Bank Hall Estate
* Bretherton
* Brindle
* Charnock Richard
* Chorley
* Clayton-le-Woods
* Coppull
* Croston
* Cuerden
* Eccleston
* Euxton
* Heapey
* Heath Charnock
* Heskin
* Hoghton
* Mawdesley
* Rivington
* Ulnes Walton
* Wheelton
* Whittle-le-Woods
* Withnell

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