Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8518 BARNWOOD ROAD
844-1/14/3 (South side)
09/02/98 No.30
The Old House

II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17 substantially
remodelled and extended in C18: minor C19 and C20 alterations.
Timber frame, mostly encapsulated in later extensions;
stuccoed brick, hipped and gabled plain tile roofs, brick
stacks. The original house probably a lateral range with a
cross-wing to front right; in C18 a lateral range added onto
the front of the cross-wing and a wing added at the rear.
EXTERIOR: two storeys; on the left side of the front range and
the cross wing the slope of the roof is continued as a
catslide to first-floor level, on the catslide a dormer with a
raking roof; on the front a central, single-storey, gabled
entrance porch added in early C20, to right a bay window with
lean-to roof and casements, to left a three-light timber
casement, on the first floor three two-light leaded casements;
on the left side in the angle with the lateral range a C20
single-storey, timber-framed, conservatory porch; the left
hand gable wall of the lateral range with timber frame
underbuilt in brick on the ground floor. On the first floor
timber-framing of close studs between bottom plate and
intermediate rails in two zones; narrow zone above (under the
tie beam), is possibly a later heightening and re-roofing of
the range using a different pattern of close studs in the
upper zone and in the gable; in the middle zone an ogee
tension brace to each corner post; in the gable a collar tie;
on the ground floor a central two-light casement and a
single-light casement to right; on the first floor a
three-light casement, all with C20 leadlight glazing.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SO8503118609

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561508

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version