Cherry Barn And Attached Outbuildings, Approximately 5 Metres East Of Bayllols Manor

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HARWELL HIGH STREET (West side) Cherry Barn and attached outbuildings, approx. 5m E of Bayllols Manor

(Formerly listed as Cherry Barn and attached outbuildings, approx. 5m E of King's Manor)

(Formerly listed as Middle Farmhouse and Barn)

GV II*

Barn, part probably originally of different use; with attached outbuildings. 2-bay, cruck range of c.l350, with 2-bays of mid Cl5 outbuilding at end of probably C17 two-bay barn attached at right-angles to cruck range; cruck range has three-bay mid outbuilding to end. Stone coursed rubble plinth; large timber-framing with weatherboarding thatch roof, half hipped to left end, with old plain-tile area at junction of ranges. Now 4-bay barn with outbuilding cross-range, C20 alterations to gabled midstrey to right on road side. C20 double sliding doors to cross-range. Interior: double Queen-post roofs to 4-bay barn range and to C17 outbuilding, with windbraces. Full crucks to cruck range with chamfered braces and blades. History; the farmstead was owned by the Bayllol (or Baillol) family from 1200-1350. The Brounz family owned it from c.1350-1484. The farmstead was bought by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in 1484, The cruck range was possibly built as a hall for retainers or lesser visitors. The mid-C15 outbuilding, now part of the barn, was possibly used for brewing or malting. (Crucks in the West Berkshire and Oxford Region, by J. Fletcher in 0xoniensia, Vol 33; 1968, p71-88; Three Medieval Farmhouses in Harwell, by J. Fletcher in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol 62, 1955-6, p45-69)

Listing NGR: SU4919289339