Bayllols Manor
BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1048205
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Bayllols Manor
- Statutory Address:
- BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1048205
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bayllols Manor
- Statutory Address 1:
- BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Vale of White Horse (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Harwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SU4918689366
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31/08/2012
SU4989
9/118
25/10/51
HARWELL
HIGH STREET
(West side)
Bayllols Manor
(Formerly listed as Middle Farmhouse and Barn)
(Formerly listed as Kings Manor)
GV II
Manor house, now house. 3-bay range, now forming cross-wing to left, of c.1280;
hall and 4-bay cross-wing to right of c.1365; hall floored in 1589; some later
alterations. Brick plinth; tension-braced large timber-framing with roughcast
infill; old plain-tile complex roof with gabled cross-wings to left and right,
Massive brick ridge stack to left of centre and other brick stacks. Double-ended
hall house plan. Single storey and attic; 2-bay central range with 2-storey
cross-wings to left and righ. Mid C14 porch to left of centre with ogee-headed
wood archway and gabled roof having cusped bargeboards. 2-centre arched doorway
with mid C14 plank studded door. Sash door to right of centre with probably C19
open gabled porch. Irregular fenestration of 3-light C19 casements. Gabled
dormer to right of centre. Interior: crown-post roofs to cross-wings. Base-cruck
central truss to original hall, with embattled cross-beam having crown-post
above. C19 winder staircases to left and right of centre. Original 2-centre wood
arched doorways to screens passage. Moulded brackets beneath 3 beams carrying
1589 floor of hall, one bracket is dated. Massive open fireplace to dining room,
farmer hall, with wood bressumer. History: probably owned by the Bayllol (or
Baillol) family from c.1200-1350, Owned by Brounz family from c.1350 to 1437,
and then passed by descent until bought by William Waynflete, Bishop of
Winchester in 1484.
("Three Medieval Farmhouses in Harwell" by J.M. Fletcher in "Berkshire
Archaeological Journal", Vol 62, 1965-6, p45-69)
Listing NGR: SU4918689366
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 249981
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Berkshire Archaeological Journal in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 62, (1966), 45-69
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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