Cruck Barn Approximately 40 Metres East Of Bayllols Manor

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HARWELL HIGH STREET (West side) Cruck barn approx. 40 metres E of Bayllols Manor

(Formerly listed as Cruck barn approx. 40 metres E of King's Manor)

(Formerly listed as: Barn on south side of Talbot's Lane at Middle Farm)

GV II*

Barn. c.1365 with later alterations. Coursed stone rubble plinth with red brick to top; weatherboarding on timber-framing; old plain-tile roof, half-hipped to right. 4-bay range, probably truncated from 6-bay range. Plank double doors to left and opposing plank double doors to rear. Interior: 4 bays of arch-braced base cruck construction with 2 rows of windbraces. History: the farmstead was owned by the Bayllol (or Baillol) family from c.1200-1350. The Brounz family owned it from c.1350-1484, The far&stead was bought by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in 1484. (Crucks in the West Berkshire and Oxford Region, by J. Fletcher in Oxoniensia, Vol 33, 1968, p71-88); Three Medieval Farmhouses in Harwell, by J.M. Fletcher in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol 62, 1965, p45-69)

Listing NGR: SU4923689372