The Cheadle tithe barn ….. pretending to be something else ….. doing the essential walk and making it historic .... no. 13

So, I can quite see why Andy passed over this building when he sent a collection of the pictures from his latest “essential walk”.

The Hall, 2020

As he said “I didn't send this one, as I thought it was just a dilapidated old shed.  

Turns out it is Depleach Hall, a grade 2 listed building. I also enclose a picture of the interior in 1935 from British Listed Buildings. It is on the corner of Charlotte Street.”

All of which just leave me to add a little of its history, which I hasten to add I lifted directly from Historic England.*

Inside the Hall, 1935

“Tithe barn, now vacant. C17 but much altered in the C20. Cruck-framed with a red sandstone plinth, rendered walls and a slate roof. 3 bays, one storey with C20 porch at front and brick addition to rear. 

Large space obscured only by C20 partitions and a suspended ceiling. Elevations appear to be largely of the C20 although the render may obscure an earlier structure. 

Ornate C19 pierced bargeboards. 2 closed cruck trusses are partly obscured by a suspended ceiling”.

The Hall, 1935

Location; Cheadle

Pictures; Depleach Hall, 2020, from the collection of Andy Robertson, and the hall in 1935, courtesy of British Listed Buildings**

*Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260399

** British Listed Buildings, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101260399-depleach-hall-cheadle-and-gatley-ward#.XrOz5ahKiUk