Barn Adjoining And To North West Ferris Court Farmhouse

SO 8804-8904 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT -

15/5 Barn adjoining and to north west Ferris Court Farmhouse 28.6.60

GV II*

Barn. Farmhouse attached at south east corner (q.v.). C15; altered to cloth workshop c1700; C18 additions. Random rubble limestone; stone slate roof. Five-bay barn with south porch and outshuts. South side: central gabled porch with weatherboarding above doorway with timber lintel. Two lean-to outshuts are later additions. West end of barn converted to stable with loft over entered up flight of stone steps and gabled eaves-level doorway. Parapet gable ends to barn, east end with cross-roll saddle having trefoil to each face. Slit vents and central pedestrian doorway to east end. Blocked loft doorway to west end, coping to this gable partially rebuilt. North side: continuous chamfered plinth; 4 offset buttresses rising half height up wall. Central barn doorway has variety of stone and concrete block infill. Some other openings. Interior: fine 5-bay roof of raised cruck trusses having arched bracing to collars. Curved windbracing, some missing. Mullioned fenestration inserted in south side wall and upper floor added when converted to cloth workshop c1700, upper floor probably used for spinning, weaving taking place below. Casements blocked up before addition of outshuts - probably late C18. An important barn, probably at one time formed part of group of buildings associated with the late medieval manor house.

Listing NGR: SO8853804940