Culham Manor
CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1285637
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Culham Manor
- Statutory Address:
- CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1285637
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Culham Manor
- Statutory Address 1:
- CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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:
- CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Culham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 50177 94908
Details
CULHAM THE GREEN SU5094 (South side) 12/38 Culham Manor 18/07/63
GV II*
Manor house. C15, north front rebuilt c.1610, restored and altered mid C20. Roughcast, probably on stone rubble, with stone dressings; old plain-tile roof; brick ridge stack to left of centre, stone end stack to left, brick ridge stack to cross-wing to rear. L-plan, possibly former hall-house with cross wing, remodelled to E-plan front, later truncated. 2-storey, 3-window range of single-bay centre with flanking projecting cross-gabled wings. C17 plank door to recessed porch to left with Jacobean stone archway having decorative frieze. Flanking 2-light stone mullion windows to centre and right are 4-light stone mullion windows with hood moulds and leaded lights. 4-light stone mullion and transom windows with hood moulds and leaded lights to first floor. Coped cross-gables to left and right with obelisk finials. Right return: uncoursed stone rubble to ground floor; large timber framing with angle braces and rendered infill to first floor. 2-storey, 7-window range. Plank door to left of centre. Irregular fenestration of mostly C20 wood mullioned windows with leaded lights. Rear: uncoursed stone rubble to ground floor of cross-wing and to rear of main block; large timber framing with angle braces to first floor of cross-wing and to cross-gable at right of main block. Irregular fenestration of mostly C20 wood mullioned windows with leaded lights. Interior: straight flight stairs with solid wood steps in cross-wing. C18 straight flight staircase to main block removed from a house in Worcester. King post roof with windbraces partly visible in cross-wing. Cl6 linen-fold panelling to cross-wing bedroom. Massive stone 3-centre arched fireplace to ground floor of cross-wing. Most of the other internal features, including fireplaces, panelling, plasterwork, and an extensive collection of Flemish stained glass were probably brought in during the mid C20 restoration for Sir Esmond Ovey. History: originally the medieval grange of the Aboots of Abingdon. Refronted c.1610 by Thomas Bury. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.565-6; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.29; Country Life, Vol.108, 1950, July 14th, p.130-134 and July 21st p.210-214).
Listing NGR: SU5017794908
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248823
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 29
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 565-6
Country Life in 14 July, Vol. 108, (1950), 130-34
Country Life in 21 July, (1950), 210-214
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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