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Gatehouse to Old Court Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Bosbury, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.089 / 52°5'20"N

Longitude: -2.4454 / 2°26'43"W

OS Eastings: 369577

OS Northings: 243502

OS Grid: SO695435

Mapcode National: GBR FY.BG0W

Mapcode Global: VH85M.KRKF

Plus Code: 9C4V3HQ3+JR

Entry Name: Gatehouse to Old Court Farmhouse

Listing Date: 26 March 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1098920

English Heritage Legacy ID: 153010

ID on this website: 101098920

Location: Bosbury, County of Herefordshire, HR8

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Bosbury

Built-Up Area: Bosbury

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Bosbury

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Description


BOSBURY CP - SO 64 SE

6/45 Gatehouse to Old Court Farmhouse

GV II

Former gatehouse to the Old Court, now hop store. Possibly C14, greatly altered. Sandstone rubble, tiled roof, brick C19 alterations to rear. Gatehouse aligned north/south with central gateway, adjoining hop kilns to north (not of special architectural interest) and former Grammar School (qv) to south. Gateway now of two storeys, central pointed archway of two chamfered orders (head of arch now blocked) with minor pointed arch headed doorway of one chamfered order to left flanked by buttressing, wall extends to south (left) with two openings to upper floor and one to lower. The room to the left of the entrance is known locally as the jail. (RCHM Vol II, p 20, item 4; Watkins, J: Duncomb's Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Hundred of Radlow, 1902, p 27; Rev S Bentley, History of the Parish of Bosbury, 1891).

Listing NGR: SO6957743508

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