Abbey Barn
ABBEY BARN, MILL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187342
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Abbey Barn
- Statutory Address:
- ABBEY BARN, MILL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187342
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Abbey Barn
- Statutory Address 1:
- ABBEY BARN, MILL 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:
- ABBEY BARN, MILL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Tewkesbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tewkesbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 88934 32508
Details
TEWKESBURY
SO83SE MILL STREET 859-1/2/305 (West side) 27/07/73 Abbey Barn (Formerly Listed as: MILL STREET (South side) Fitzhamon Art Centre and Tewkesbury Pottery)
GV II
Remains of barn, sometime malt house and granary, now used as store. C15, C17 and C19. Coursed lias, dressings in Guiting stone, brick, tiled roofs. PLAN: a long building with 2 parallel hipped roofs, incorporating on the river side a section of the Abbey Precinct wall or former barn. EXTERIOR: to Mill Street 2 hipped ends, to left with inserted wide garage doors, and to right a plank door at first floor at head of flight of stone stairs carried partly on return of stone wall and buttresses of medieval wall. At corner a brick oriel at 45 degrees, with 4-pane fixed light under flat roof. To left is further unit, at one time used as fire station, with large plank doors, but with some C18 brick fabric under hipped tiled roof. River front has coursed lias masonry in 5 bays with 6 deep buttresses with weathered offsets, and raised in brickwork to eaves level. Bays 1 and 2 have inserted C19 or C20 dressed stone blocked openings with 2-light mullioned window, bays 3 and 4 with small brick inserts, and bay 5 a large inserted opening in dressed stone on 5 stone steps. The brick upper level has several 2-light casements, partly concealed by overgrowth. West end 2 gables above flat-roofed extension, and with casements at eaves, and S front, to car park of The Bell (qv) in English garden wall bond brickwork on offset 3-course plinth, with various 3-light casements at levels, and door far left. INTERIOR: in 2 levels throughout, has series of rough chamfered transverse beams at approx 2.5m centres and C17 propped purlin trusses. In poor condition at time of survey.
Listing NGR: SO8893432508
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 376885
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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