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Trunnah Farmhouse

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Architectural Heritage Dossier

covering Thornton, (FY5), Lancashire

  

Compiled by Mike Pollard, 2009   Second Issue

 
Location:Woodland Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire
Type of Building:Domestic, formerly Agricultural & Subsistance
Year Built:1769
Listing Status:
 

Pictures by Mike Pollard 2004

 

 

 

Description ( from Images of England)

 

Farmhouse, now house, dated 1769, rendered brick with slate roof.
House with barn attached on south side under one roof. Farmhouse is of 2 bays, double-pile plan; 2 storeys, symmetrical, with gable chimney stacks; date stone in centre, presumed original doorway beneath it now blocked and rendered over; sashed window to left, with stone sill and splayed stone head. Stone quoins at right end.
Datestone is oval, lettered RMJS 1769.

Interior altered but staircase probably original.

   

 

History details

 

One of the few remaining Thornton farmhouses, the Trunnah area was once known as Trunnall.  It has undergone restoration over recent years but much of the exterior is unchanged.

 
 

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