Barn Occupied By Cotswold Woollen Weavers

SP2204-2304 FILKINS AND BROUGHTON POGGS VILLAGE STREET (North-west side) Filkins 7/198 Barn occupied by Cotswold 12/09/55 Woollen Weavers (Formerly listed as Barn opposide Filkins Hall)

GV II Former barn, converted to workshop 1982. Circa 1720-30, with semi-illegible tablet dated 17?? over archway. Coursed limestone rubble with dressed quoins; stone slate roof; stone gable copings with small finial to gable near road. High T-plan building with steep roofs. 5 bays. East front has large central gabled projection with shallow pointed stone arch over cart entry to former threshing floor. Archway is now infilled with C20 glazing. Smaller entry opposite in west wall has lower segmental arch and flanking buttresses. Outer bays have vent slits with a row of square vent holes above and below. Similar vents in gables, all with dressed stone jambs. Roof structure renewed C19-C20. Low single-storey range attached to south-west corner is not of special architectural interest. Barn was formerly known as the Bridal Barn and is said to have been used for village wedding feasts or "bridge-ales". (Country Life: April 28th 1944, pp728 and 731)

Listing NGR: SP2395704480