Orchard Lea House / Orchard Lea With Summerhouse

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

STEEPLE ASTON SOUTH SIDE SP4725 (North side) 9/130 Orchard Lea House 08/12/55 (Formerly listed as Orchard Lea with summerhouse) GV II

House. Probably originally C17, extended early C18 and re-modelled mid/late C18.

Limestone and marlstone rubble with some banding and marlstone dressings; Stonesfield-slate and Welsh-slate roofs. 2 parallel ranges plus service range. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window front, in banded squared rubble with marlstone-ashlar dressings, is probably mid/late C18 on a C17 range; it has a central 6-panel door below a 2-light window, both with flat arches and projecting keyblocks, but the outer bays have 3-light casements with lintels.

All windows have C20 casements and the ground-floor right window has been altered to a rectangular bay. Single-storey range to left has 12-pane sashes (one early C18 with thick bars) flanking a panelled door. Symmetrical 3-window garden front, at a lower level, has storey band, flat arches, banding and large quoins to the first-floor windows, all in marlstone rubble; lower sashes flanking the doorway are early C18 with thick glazing bars, but taller sashes above are probably mid/late C18. Both roofs have stone gable parapets. Interior: several C18 pine fireplaces and panelled dados; C18 stair with turned balusters.

See also Summerhouse (VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p24; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p707)

Listing NGR: SP4746725734

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/2063 IOE Records taken by Chris Tresise; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Chris Tresise. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project