Tithe Barn Circa 8 Metres North East Of Brockworth Court

This is a late 15th to early 16th century tithe barn situated approximately 8 metres north-east of Brockworth Court. The barn is constructed with weather-boarded square-panelled and close-studded timber-framing, random coursed squared and dressed limestone, and ashlar, with a stone slate roof to the front and slate, artificial slate, and stone slate at the rear. It has a long rectangular plan. A 19th-century red brick lean-to, an open-fronted shelter shed, and a 20th-century artificial stone lean-to at the rear are not considered to be of special interest.

The east gable end features a single diagonal buttress and two side buttresses with offsets, along with ventilation slits. The south front has two open-fronted bays to the far right, separated from the main body of the barn by a stone wall. This wall serves as a plinth supporting the weather-boarded timber framing on both the north and south sides. Fourteen square, single-pane windows are within the weather-boarded section, and a plank door is inserted into what was formerly a double-width opening to the threshing floor, now covered with weather-boarding. The two westernmost bays are ashlar and likely represent a later phase of construction, featuring ventilation slits and a blocked single-width doorway, replaced with a small window. The gable end contains a segmental-headed single-width doorway, a segmental-headed pitching window, and three ventilation slits. The gable ends are half-hipped.

Inside, the barn has eight bays. It features five raised cruck trusses rising from within the plinth wall to meet an upright set slightly in from the plinth wall. Some of these uprights are curved and linked to the raised cruck via a cruck spur. A brace rises from the top of the inner upright to support a collar beam, which in some trusses supports single or double vertical struts and an upper collar. The cruck blade is truncated where it meets the inner upright and principal rafter. Triple purlins and two tiers of wind bracing are present, the lower tier crossing the line of the purlins. A brick wall divides the main body of the barn from the ashlar-built section, with a double roof truss and principal rafters rising over this wall.