Barn And Purlieu Cottage

The Barn and Purlieu Cottage is a building located in Bagendon, dating from the 18th century, with part of it converted and extended to form a cottage in the 19th century. It is constructed from rubble and features a stone slate roof. The building has a long rectangular plan and includes three projecting gabled porches on the west side, with the cottage incorporated into the south end and extended to the east.

The west front, which faces the church, includes a garage door, a largely rebuilt gabled porch that once opened onto a threshing floor, a double-width entrance that is now blocked, a single-width doorway, and a 2-light window with a segmental head inserted in the blocking. There is another gabled porch with two stable doors and plank infill under a single timber lintel, an early 3-light window with leaded panes on the first floor granary, an exposed roof truss, and a clock above the gable. Stone steps lead up to a plank door on the right-hand side. There is also a double-width entrance to the former threshing floor, which has a single segmental-headed door inserted in the blocking, and a projecting porch with a slate-hung gable and a blocked double-width entrance with a stable door above a 3-light fixed casement.

The cottage, which is part of the south end of the barn, features segmental-headed windows and a doorway. At the rear, there is a cast iron overshot water wheel made by T.H. and J.D. Daniels from Stroud. The roof has a central slate-hung roof lantern with a pyramidal roof and weathervane located halfway along the ridge, suggesting that the roof space may have been used for pigeons or doves. Inside, the building has collar and tie-beam roof trusses, some of which have been replaced with timber in the 20th century. The building is reputed to have once functioned as a water-powered cider mill.