Description

BRIDSTOW CP
SO 52 SE
6/25 Barn, cowhouse and
granary about 25 yards
west of
Whitecross Farmhouse

GV II

Barn, cowhouse and granary. Probably late C18 to early C19. Sandstone
rubble, sandstone dressings and brick arches, Welsh slate and corrugated
asbestos roofs. L-plan comprising ten-bay barn aligned roughly north/
south with cowhouse and granary extending east from south end. Barn: west
elevation has two rows of vent slits; two raking-top porches each about
a third of the way in from the ends and each with two-leaved ledged doors;
gables have verges, owl holes and vent slits; interior has trusses with
collars supported by twin posts from tie-beams. Cowhouse and granary has
seven bays diminishing in height, though all of two storeys from west to
east; north elevation has late C19 tallet stairs in brick rising from east
to left-hand side, vent-slits and to the right two first floor windows each
of two lights, the lights being divided by two diamond-section oak mullions
and two doors, one segmentally headed, one square headed; east gable has
central ledged door under brick arch, two rows of vent-slits and an owl hole;
interior of west part has king-post trusses, the lower part to the east has
collar trusses each with two supporting posts stengthened by curved braces
on the underside of the principals. The barn, cowhouse and granary define
the farmyard to the west of White Cross Farmhouse (qv). Included for group
value.

Listing NGR: SO5773424426

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509175

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014