Barn And Purlieu Cottage

BAGENDON BAGENDON VILLAGE SP 00 NW 6/5 Barn and Purlieu Cottage (formerly listed as barn immediately 4.6.52 East of St. Margarets Church)

GV II

Barn, partly converted into cottage. C18, south end partly converted and extended to form a cottage C19. Rubble with a stone slate roof. Long rectangular plan with three projecting gabled porches on the west; cottage incorporated into the south end and extended back to the east. West front (facing the church q.v.) from left to right: garage door; gabled porch (largely rebuilt) formerly opening onto a threshing floor with a double-width entrance (now blocked) with a single-width doorway and a 2-light window with segmental head inserted in the blocking; gabled porch with two stable doors and plank infill at the front, under a single timber lintel, early 3-light window with leaded panes to the first floor granary, exposed roof truss and clock to the gable above, stone steps up the right-hand return to plank door; double width entrance to threshing floor with a single segmental-headed door inserted in the blocking; projecting porch with slate-hung gable and double-width entrance (now blocked) with a stable door; 3- light fixed casement above. cottage, incorporated into the south end of the barn with segmental- headed windows and doorway. Cast iron overshot water wheel at rear (by. T.H, and J.D. Daniels, Stroud). Roof; central slate-hung roof lantern with pyramidal roof and weathervane halfway along the ridge of the barn roof implies the use of the roof space for pigeons or doves. Interior; collar and tie-beam roof trusses, some with timber replaced C20. The building is reputed to have at one time functioned as a water powered cider mill.

Listing NGR: SP0117506643