Barn To North West Of Manor Farmhouse

SO 81 SE UPTON ST LEONARDS PORTWAY (east side)

6/202 Barn to north-west of Manor Farmhouse 10.1.55 (previously listed as Tithe Barn) GV II*

Large barn with attached stable at east end. C15, possibly earlier; late C17 stable. Very large coursed and squared limestone; timber framing; coursed rubble to stable; stone slate roof (clay pantile to north slope). Off-centre south porch to 6- bay barn; stable with loft. South side: stone base walls with chamfered plinth and buttresses; gabled porch with plank barn doors and outshut to right; weatherboarded porch gable and upper part of barn walls; low opening in wall to left of porch with plank doors; plain stone side wall to stable. East end: barn end is half-hipped with small gablet, gabled stable with 2 stable doors having timber lintels; central loft door over with timber lintels; 3 rows of pigeon holes in gable apex. North side: weatherboarded above buttressed stone base walls as to south; central porch with raised sprocketted roof; attached shelter sheds are not of special interest. West end: weatherboarded half-hipped gable end with gablet above buttressed stone base wall. Interior has 7 raised cruck trusses with very high cambered collars and arched bracing; 2 rows of purlins and ogee-curved wind bracing; close studded end walls; small framing along sides. Internal span of approximately 8.2m across feet of crucks. Rafters and framing are original: C15 work is largely intact with little evidence of repair or replacement. C19 iron tie-rods sag and appear unnecessary. A lofty and elegant structure. Important barn and one of the best in the county. Possibly built as Tithe Barn for Gloucester Abbey. Manor Farmhouse stands to south east (q.v.). (N.W. Alcock, Cruck Construction: An Introduction and Catalogue, 1981). _ _ _

Listing NGR: SO8710914132