Description

SJ 22 NW OSWESTRY RURAL C.P. PENTRE-ISAF

4/203 Disused barn approx.
- lOm north of Bryn
Pentre Farmhouse
- II

Long house, latterly used as barn/cowshed, now disused. C14, re-modelled
C16 and C18 with later additions and alterations. Originally timber
framed of cruck construction with outer walls now re-built in uncoursed
limestone rubble, corrugated iron roof replacing thatch. Single-storey
longhouse comprising 2-bay house part to right and 2 bays for byre;
evidence for cross passage now lost. Early C20 windows to left, right
and centre on south side with boarded doors to left and right. Interior:
2 true cruck trusses survive to house part, west with vertical struts
from tie beam to cambered collar and Alcock Apex-type G62 and the
other (former central truss) with chamfered arch-braced collar beam,
King-post and curved struts; this truss also has slots for former
trenched purlins (present roof pitch slightly raised) and shows
extensive signs of smoke blackening; massive inserted stone stack
between 2 trusses (now truncated below ridge) has chamfered wooden
lintel on east side; stone partition wall between 2 bays of byre, which
has inserted stack with chamfered lintel at south-west corner. Bryn
Pentre Farmhouse is not included in this list. Salop County Sites and
Monuments Record PRN. 15564; Alcock p. 144.

Listing NGR: SJ2373726060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472145

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)