Old Turnstiles

BARFORD ST.JOHN & ST.MICHAEL THE ROCK SP4332 (West side) Barford St.Michael 12/55 Old Turnstiles 08/12/55 (Formerly listed as The Old Turnstile)

GV II

House. Datestone 1653/PP/IPAP, remodelled and extended C18. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched artificial stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Stone stacks to right and ridge. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic, 3-window range. 2 gabled bays to right. Bay to left has doorway with 4-centred head, chamfered jambs and plank door. Bay window to right has renewed 4-light stone mullion window with small opening casement. 2 similar windows to first floors of both bays. Attic storeys of bays have 2-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops. Wrought iron casement fasteners. Between the bays is a blocked square-framed stone window. To left a 4-light stone mullioned window with hood mould and label stops to ground floor and a similar 3-light window to first floor. Rear: C18 single-storey extension has casement windows with lead cames. Most windows are of limestone, some with renewed stone. Moulded bands to ground floor and attic of bays. Interior not inspected. (Photograph in N.M.R. as plate 64 in Old Cottages (etc) in the Cotswold District E.G. Bawber, 1905).

Listing NGR: SP4364632593