Description

ST IPPOLLITTS MAYDENCROFT LANE
TL 1827 (North side)
Gosmore

8/57
27.5.68 Barn at Maydencroft Manor

GV II*

Barn. Late C16, brick infill c.1700. Timber frame on flint sill repaired
in red brick with tile pinnings. Exposed frame infilled with narrow red
brick incorporating staggered soldier courses with gaps for ventilation.
Steep old red tile roof. A 5-bays barn on W side of farmyard at entrance
to property, facing E, with a projecting gabled E porch central, and
original rear aisle. Step-jowled posts, unjowled mid-bay posts, straight
tension braces above rail, long curved braces to tie-beams. Trusses with
collar at mid-height with 2 inclined queen-struts to collar, which
supports heavy convex curved inclined queen posts, the enlarger heads
of which clasp the upper purlin. Long straight wind-braces in middle and
end bays. Rafters jointed into lower butt-purlin. Edge-halved scarf
joint with bridled butts and large face peg in rear arcade plate. Long
cross curved braces to arcade plate. Aisle-ties and aisle-purlin carried
on aisle-collars. Passing braces from aisle wall-posts trenched through
side of arcade post and face-notched onto tie-beam. Pidgeon loft in roof
of porch. Large double doors to porch. Small door in end bays. Curved
braces to mid-height rails in side walls of porch. Rear wall faced in
red brick. John Bunyan is said to have preached in the barn. (RCHM
(1911)130 no. 2).

Listing NGR: TL1814027381

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555091

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6