Barn To North West Of Manor Farmhouse

This large barn, located to the north-west of Manor Farmhouse, dates from the 15th century, with a stable added in the late 17th century. It is constructed of very large coursed and squared limestone, timber framing, and coursed rubble for the stable, topped with a stone slate roof and clay pantile on the north slope.

The barn features an off-centre south porch and consists of six bays, while the stable includes a loft. On the south side, there are stone base walls with a chamfered plinth and buttresses, a gabled porch with plank barn doors, and an outshut to the right. There is also a low opening to the left of the porch with plank doors, and a plain stone side wall for the stable. The east end of the barn is half-hipped with a small gablet, and the stable has two doors with timber lintels, along with a central loft door and three rows of pigeon holes in the gable apex.

The north side mirrors the south with weatherboarding above the buttressed stone base walls and features a central porch with a raised sprocketted roof. Attached shelter sheds are not of special interest. The west end has a weatherboarded half-hipped gable end with a gablet above the stone base wall.

Inside, the barn boasts seven raised cruck trusses with very high cambered collars and arched bracing, two rows of purlins, and ogee-curved wind bracing. The end walls are close studded, and there is small framing along the sides. The internal span measures approximately 8.2 meters across the feet of the crucks. The rafters and framing are original, with the 15th-century work largely intact and showing little evidence of repair or replacement. However, 19th-century iron tie-rods sag and seem unnecessary. This barn is a lofty and elegant structure, considered one of the best in the county, and may have originally served as a Tithe Barn for Gloucester Abbey. Manor Farmhouse is situated to the south-east.