Ordsall Hall

Ordsall Hall is a large former manor house in the historic parish of Ordsall, Lancashire, now part of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It dates back more than 750 years, although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century. Ref. Wikepedia.

In 1983 and 1984 Trace undertook two projects involving renewal of the majority of the oak quatrefoils of the oldest external timber frame walls, along with repairing oak timber windows and storm porch, and fitting of new oak finials. This limited the need for external repairs when the building was refurbished during 2009-2011.

The quatrefoils were each formed of four oak sections, with the woodgrain running diagonally across each corners.

Retained quatrefoils were patch repaired in oak, with  insulated lime plaster over.

Patch repairs, included the storm porch.

The oak bay window required extensive repair at low level.

Degraded oak finials were replaced with new.
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Project Details
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Location:
Salford
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Duration:
2 years
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Type:
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Year:
1983/84
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