Description

BAGENDON BAGENDON VILLAGE
SP 00 NW
6/5 Barn and Purlieu Cottage
(formerly listed as barn immediately
4.6.52 East of St. Margarets Church)

GV II

Barn, partly converted into cottage. C18, south end partly
converted and extended to form a cottage C19. Rubble with a stone
slate roof. Long rectangular plan with three projecting gabled
porches on the west; cottage incorporated into the south end and
extended back to the east. West front (facing the church q.v.)
from left to right: garage door; gabled porch (largely rebuilt)
formerly opening onto a threshing floor with a double-width
entrance (now blocked) with a single-width doorway and a 2-light
window with segmental head inserted in the blocking; gabled porch
with two stable doors and plank infill at the front, under a single
timber lintel, early 3-light window with leaded panes to the first
floor granary, exposed roof truss and clock to the gable above,
stone steps up the right-hand return to plank door; double width
entrance to threshing floor with a single segmental-headed door
inserted in the blocking; projecting porch with slate-hung gable
and double-width entrance (now blocked) with a stable door; 3-
light fixed casement above.
cottage, incorporated into the south end of the barn with segmental-
headed windows and doorway. Cast iron overshot water wheel at rear
(by. T.H, and J.D. Daniels, Stroud).
Roof; central slate-hung roof lantern with pyramidal roof and
weathervane halfway along the ridge of the barn roof implies the
use of the roof space for pigeons or doves.
Interior; collar and tie-beam roof trusses, some with timber
replaced C20. The building is reputed to have at one time
functioned as a water powered cider mill.

Listing NGR: SP0117506643

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625035

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)