Manor Farmhouse With Attached Wall and Gate Pier
MANOR FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED WALL AND GATE PIER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053377
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Manor Farmhouse With Attached Wall and Gate Pier
- Statutory Address:
- MANOR FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED WALL AND GATE PIER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053377
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Mar-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Manor Farmhouse With Attached Wall and Gate Pier
- Statutory Address 1:
- MANOR FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED WALL AND GATE PIER
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MANOR FARMHOUSE WITH ATTACHED WALL AND GATE PIER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kelmscott
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 25063 99104
Details
KELMSCOTT SU2499-2599 10/75 Manor Farmhouse with attached wall and gate piers 12.9.55 (Formerly listed as Manor Farmhouse) GV II
Farmhouse. Circa 1700, incorporating earlier range to rear, with later additions and alterations. Roughly coursed limestone rubble alternating with 2 ashlar bands on each floor; alternating ashlar angle quoins; hipped stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 5 bays; all ovolo-moulded cross windows with continuous dripmould to ground floor. Central entrance; moulded stone architrave with pulvinated frieze and pediment; C19 half-glazed double doors. Prominent extruded external lateral stacks to left and right returns have paired and rebated ashlar shafts with dripstones and moulded capping, left with narrow transomed window on each floor to either side. Full-height range at right-angles to rear on left of main range may be contemporary with main range but has C19 segmental heads to C20 windows; integral end stack with dripstone and moulded capping. Short lower gabled range attached to rear of this range has lean-to supported on wooden posts to inner side. Single-storey range at right-angles to rear on right of main range (agricultural to rear) is possibly C17 and has axial ridge stack rebuilt in C20. Garden wall attached to this range is probably contemporary with or slightly later than main range. Roughly coursed limestone rubble with coping, ramped to front corners, except for short ashlar section to either side of piers to front. These are of ashlar and square in section with moulded capping and bases. Encloses garden of farmhouse. Interior. Right ground-floor room has early C18 raised and fielded panelling including to dado and door in back wall; dentilled wood cornice. Early C18 fluted pilasters to either side of C19 pilastered fireplace. Panelled window shutters. Left room has stone Adam-style fireplace surround. C20 two-storey addition between rear ranges is not of special architectural interest. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p667) [2370]
Listing NGR: SU2506399104
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253827
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 667
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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