NHER 60041 (Building record) - 'The Bothy', Hales Hall

Small barn at Hales Hall known as the 'Bothy'.
Previously recorded under NHER 1053.

February 1977. Listed Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Barn, probably 17th century. Red and blue brick. Steep pantile roof with coped gable ends. Interior: floor (later) with reused moulded beams."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 March 2017. Amended 13 December 2021.

Noted in (S2).

1978. Field Observation.
Site visited by E. Rose.
This appears to be a 17th-century two-storey cottage, built with reused 15th-century material; it has a remarkably unusual wattle and daub upper floor on 17th-century beams. This was ruinous at time of visit but it is planned to restore it.
Information from file notes for NHER 1053 (S3).
P. Watkins (HES), 8 March 2017.

2013. Dendrochronological Survey.
Analysis of core samples taken from various timbers within the hall gatehouse range (NHER 60039), barn (NHER 60040) and bothy at Hales Hall.
The original part of the bothy appears to date to the mid AD 1590s. It is therefore contemporary with the extant roofs of the east and middle sections of the hall range and the east end ground- and first-floor ceilings of the hall range date, which also date to the mid AD 1590s. The original hall range and the barn were probably constructed in the AD 1490s.
The ground-floor ceiling in the bothy extension uses reused timbers that were originally felled in AD 1410-1435 and AD 1468-1493.
See report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 August 2019.