Nether Worton House
NETHER WORTON HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1052464
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- Statutory Address:
- NETHER WORTON HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1052464
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- Statutory Address 1:
- NETHER WORTON HOUSE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NETHER WORTON HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Worton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 42527 30072
Details
NORTON NETHER WORTON SP43SW 3/241 Nether Worton House 27/08/56
GV II*
Manor house. 1653 on datestone, possibly partly earlier, extended c.1920. Coursed squared marlstone with mostly limestone-ashlar dressings; artificial stone-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. 4-unit plan extended to U-plan. 2 storeys plus attic. Outer bays of battlemented 4-window front break forward and have 3 tiers of 3- and 4-light stone-mullioned windows with labels under stepped gable parapets. Left gable window, of 3 lights with transoms, matches the first-floor windows of the middle bays. A C20 single-storey corridor links the projecting bays and has a gabled central porch with a re-set datestone inscribed "D/WE/1653". Roof has end stacks and a massive 4-shaft stack to left of centre. C20 wings extend on both sides, projecting to the front on the right, and on the left linking with a low outbuilding range to form a forecourt. 5-window rear is unaltered and has stone mullioned and transomed windows to both floors plus some smaller mullioned windows in the gabled outer bays. 2-window lower flanking wings are in similar style. Interior: ground floor has stop-chamfered beams. First floor has some stop-chamfered joists, re-used C17 oak panelling, 2 chamfered-stone fireplaces (square-headed and basket-arched), and a beam in the left crosswing has an elaborate chamfer stop incorporating a bar. Cross wings have A-frame trusses with butt and trenched purlins. Main roof has 2 rows of butt purlins, pegged rafters and cambered collars. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.714).
Listing NGR: SP4252730072
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252057
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 714
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