Description

TL 32 NW COTTERED BACK LANE (B1037)
(north side)
HARE STREET

3/5 Old Farm Buildings at
Bancroft Farm enclosing
3 sides of a yard.

GV II

Farm buildings enclosing 3 sides of a yard. N range a late C16
barn with C18 rear aisle: W range a late C16 barn with C17 and
C18 extensions in line to S as stables: S range a late C18
shelter-shed open to yard with a hay loft over. Oak timber
frames on red brick sills (higher in barns), tarred and
weatherboarded with steep old red tile roofs patched with machine
made tiles. A courtyard group, abutting the road to S, of
traditional farm buildings of the former Broom Farm (farm house
now Broom Manor a little to E, q.v.) now amalgamated with
Bancroft Farm across the road in Ardeley parish. 3-bay barn in N
range has stepped-jowled posts and inclined curved queen-posts
in clasped-purlin roof without collars, mortices for wind-braces
at E end, numbered joints, and double doors in middle bay facing
S into yard. Long curved braces inserted when studs of back wall
removed to form C18 rear aisle under a catslide roof. W gable
opening for tractors. 3-bay'barn in W range has swept-jowled
posts and inclined queen-posts in clasped-purlin roof without
collars. Central double doors on E with eaves raised at head.
C17 2-bay stable on S of same height as barn, has mangers and hay
rack along rear wall, a stable-door to yard, and a door to C18 2-
bay stable at SW corner. 4-bay shelter-shed in S range backs
onto road and has a high gable door at E into hayloft over
carried on axial beams. Boarding and some joists removed from
loft floor. A picturesque roadside group with Broom Manor.

Listing NGR: TL3096628590

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583341

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Recommended Books

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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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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)