Barnsley House

SP 00 SE BARNSLEY A433, Barnsley Village (east side)

3/6 Barnsley House (formerly listed as Barnsley Close) 4.6.52

GV II* Large detached house. Late C17 (datestone with 1697 and initials B.B on south east front) begun by Brereton Bourchier, extended c1820/30 by Musgrave family. Coursed rubble stone, partly dressed, with alternating flush quoins, stone slate roof with coped verges and ashlar stacks with moulded cornices. End stack to south-west is external, lateral stack on south-east wing has dent il cornice. Large double range with cross range to north, 2 storeys and attic. South-west front was refaced and heightened also c1820/30 and 3 gabled attics with 2-light stone mullions and square hoodmoulds and coped verges with finials were added. Front has 3/2/3-light stone mullion and transoms with square hoodmoulds, two 3-light on ground floor with projecting central castellated porch with 4-centred stone archway and original double doors with studded vertical battens. Range to north in similar style with 2-light mullion and transom on first floor and 3-light on ground floor, Musgrave coat of arms in gable. South-east front has 3 cross-gabled attic dormers as front, five 2-light mullion and transoms to first floor with continuous dripmould and 4 to ground floor with ventral door of studded vertical battens with moulded pointed arch surround and datestone over (Gothic pointed hood removed due to decay). North cross wing has Verey coat of arms at apex, replacing Musgrave arms in 1958, 4-light stone mullion and transom with square hoodmould on first floor and canted bay with castellated parapet on ground floor. South side of this wing has single storey castellated verandah with 4-centred archways, probably also of c1820/30, with ogee light over. North end has additional mid C19 service wings. Interior has very fine mid/late C17 twisted baluster oak doq-leg staircase which may come from an earlier house, with a continuous twisted newel post between first floor and attic ceiling. Panelling of mid C19 in rooms in south east winq. Several inserted fine C18 fireplaces and one early C17 fireplace. (David Verey, Buildings of England - Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds, 1979).

Listing NGR: SP0767804929