Ferris Court Farmhouse
FERRIS COURT FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1091315
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Ferris Court Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- FERRIS COURT FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1091315
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Ferris Court Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- FERRIS COURT FARMHOUSE
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:
- FERRIS COURT FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 88556 04933
Details
SO 8804-8904 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT -
15/4 Ferris Court Farmhouse
28.6.60
GV II
Farmhouse. Barn attached at north west corner (q.v.). Late C16. Random rubble limestone; ashlar chimney; stone slate roof - missing at time of survey (June 1986). Two-storey; long range with central cross-passage. East side: central doorway with chamfered opening and plank door. Single-light opening to left and 2 to right indicating staircase, all recessed chamfered with hoodmoulds. Three-light casement to each floor at either end of elevation; further upper floor 3-light above and left of doorway. Single-light openings have central iron bar; other casements missing, those at right end now blocked. North and south ends: parapet gabled, north retaining chimney with moulded cap. (Similar chimney to south end now missing.) Two single-light openings with hoodmould to each end; 2-light with hoodmould to attic at north end only. Former attached outbuilding at south end now demolished. West side: mixed fenestration. Central doorway with timber lintel. Three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement with hoodmould to each floor left of doorway; further 2-light to left. Two 2-light upper floor casements to right. Altered window and door opening to right. All casement fittings missing as on east side. Interior: stone spiral staircase in south gable end. Mid position stair on east side in former spiral staircase position. Plain chamfered opening to central stone fireplace. Most internal timberwork destroyed after removal of roof. Said to be part of ancient manor house. Building in state of decay at time of survey (June 1986). (N.M. Herbert, 'Stroud' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 99-145; M.A. Rudd, Historical Records of Bisle with LyPiatt, 1937, and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979
Listing NGR: SO8853804940
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 132559
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Rudd, MA, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, (1935)
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1976), 99-145
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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