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Latitude: 51.6008 / 51°36'2"N
Longitude: -1.2911 / 1°17'28"W
OS Eastings: 449192
OS Northings: 189339
OS Grid: SU491893
Mapcode National: GBR 7ZH.QC0
Mapcode Global: VHCYL.K1S6
Plus Code: 9C3WJP25+8G
Entry Name: Cherry Barn and Attached Outbuildings, Approximately 5 Metres East of Bayllols Manor
Listing Date: 25 October 1951
Last Amended: 5 May 1988
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1368642
English Heritage Legacy ID: 249982
ID on this website: 101368642
Location: Harwell, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX11
County: Oxfordshire
District: Vale of White Horse
Civil Parish: Harwell
Built-Up Area: Harwell
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Tagged with: Barn Thatched barn
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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
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