Bayllols Manor

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HARWELL HIGH STREET (West side) Bayllols Manor

(Formerly listed as Middle Farmhouse and Barn)

(Formerly listed as Kings Manor)

GV II

Manor house, now house. 3-bay range, now forming cross-wing to left, of c.1280; hall and 4-bay cross-wing to right of c.1365; hall floored in 1589; some later alterations. Brick plinth; tension-braced large timber-framing with roughcast infill; old plain-tile complex roof with gabled cross-wings to left and right, Massive brick ridge stack to left of centre and other brick stacks. Double-ended hall house plan. Single storey and attic; 2-bay central range with 2-storey cross-wings to left and righ. Mid C14 porch to left of centre with ogee-headed wood archway and gabled roof having cusped bargeboards. 2-centre arched doorway with mid C14 plank studded door. Sash door to right of centre with probably C19 open gabled porch. Irregular fenestration of 3-light C19 casements. Gabled dormer to right of centre. Interior: crown-post roofs to cross-wings. Base-cruck central truss to original hall, with embattled cross-beam having crown-post above. C19 winder staircases to left and right of centre. Original 2-centre wood arched doorways to screens passage. Moulded brackets beneath 3 beams carrying 1589 floor of hall, one bracket is dated. Massive open fireplace to dining room, farmer hall, with wood bressumer. History: probably owned by the Bayllol (or Baillol) family from c.1200-1350, Owned by Brounz family from c.1350 to 1437, and then passed by descent until bought by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in 1484. ("Three Medieval Farmhouses in Harwell" by J.M. Fletcher in "Berkshire Archaeological Journal", Vol 62, 1965-6, p45-69)

Listing NGR: SU4918689366