Pin Factory annexe to Folk of Gloucester

Timber-framed barn converted to a pin factory in the C18 and then museum. Now (2024) in use as a community heritage project called the Folk of Gloucester.

MATERIALS: timber-frame construction with infills of both wattle and daub and C17 and C18 brick, with rebuilt third storey in red brick and red brick stack to the south-east. The pitched roof is of plain tiles.

PLAN: a rectangular range of four bays located to the rear of 97 Westgate Street but associated with 99 Westgate Street.

EXTERIOR: all elevations are mostly constructed of C17 brick other, however the top storey has been raised and is constructed of C18 brick. The west elevation has three bands of horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars. At ground floor level the band of windows is only partially visible and a door has been inserted. The east and south elevations have some timber-framing elements and the northern elevation retains some C16 timber-framing in square panels set on a brick dwarf wall and capped by the tie-beam of the original gable. The southern elevation is of plain brick with modern fire exit at ground floor level.

INTERIOR: the ground and first-floor are laid out as large open rooms and have exposed timber uprights supported on brick piers with bridging beams supported by curved struts. The ground-floor is laid with red sandstone paving slabs while the first and second-floor are timber boarded. A C21 staircase has been introduced at the northern-end providing access to all levels. The northern gable is plastered at ground-floor level but has exposed square panel C16 timber-framing at first-floor level culminating in the tie-beam of the original gable. The first-floor is partitioned from the staircase by a stud wall with C19 plank door. The third-floor has several exposed king post trusses ceiled over at the mid-point. Access to 99 Westgate Street is provided via doorway in the western wall directly into 99 Westgate Street via a C19 plank and batten door with strap hinges.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 June 2024 to correct a typo in source