Cherry Barn and Attached Outbuildings, Approximately 5 Metres East of Bayllols Manor
CHERRY BARN AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1368642
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Cherry Barn and Attached Outbuildings, Approximately 5 Metres East of Bayllols Manor
- Statutory Address:
- CHERRY BARN AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1368642
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Cherry Barn and Attached Outbuildings, Approximately 5 Metres East of Bayllols Manor
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHERRY BARN AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF BAYLLOLS MANOR, HIGH STREET
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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:
- CHERRY BARN AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF 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:
- SU 49192 89339
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31/08/2012
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25/10/51
HARWELL
HIGH STREET
(West side)
Cherry Barn and attached outbuildings, approx. 5m E of Bayllols Manor
(Formerly listed as Cherry Barn and attached outbuildings, approx. 5m E of King's Manor)
(Formerly listed as Middle Farmhouse and Barn)
GV II*
Barn, part probably originally of different use; with attached outbuildings.
2-bay, cruck range of c.l350, with 2-bays of mid Cl5 outbuilding at end of
probably C17 two-bay barn attached at right-angles to cruck range; cruck range
has three-bay mid outbuilding to end. Stone coursed rubble plinth; large
timber-framing with weatherboarding thatch roof, half hipped to left end, with
old plain-tile area at junction of ranges. Now 4-bay barn with outbuilding
cross-range, C20 alterations to gabled midstrey to right on road side. C20
double sliding doors to cross-range. Interior: double Queen-post roofs to 4-bay
barn range and to C17 outbuilding, with windbraces. Full crucks to cruck range
with chamfered braces and blades. History; the farmstead was owned by the
Bayllol (or Baillol) family from 1200-1350. The Brounz family owned it from
c.1350-1484. The farmstead was bought by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester
in 1484, The cruck range was possibly built as a hall for retainers or lesser
visitors. The mid-C15 outbuilding, now part of the barn, was possibly used for
brewing or malting.
(Crucks in the West Berkshire and Oxford Region, by J. Fletcher in 0xoniensia,
Vol 33; 1968, p71-88; Three Medieval Farmhouses in Harwell, by J. Fletcher in
Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol 62, 1955-6, p45-69)
Listing NGR: SU4919289339
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 249982
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Berkshire Archaeological Journal in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 62, (1966), 45-69
Oxoniensia in Oxoniensia, Vol. 33, (1968), 71-88
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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