Leys Farmhouse
LEYS FARMHOUSE, B4022
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368179
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Leys Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- LEYS FARMHOUSE, B4022
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- Reference:
- IOE01/07113/06
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368179
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Leys Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEYS FARMHOUSE, B4022
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:
- LEYS FARMHOUSE, B4022
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Tew
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 39488 29504
Details
GREAT TEW B4022 SP3929 (East side) 10/17 Leys Farmhouse 27/08/56 (Formerly listed as The Leys Farmhouse and Barn) GV II Farmhouse. C17, altered and extended C18 and early C19. Coursed squared marlstone rubble with ashlar dressings; thatch and Stonesfield-slate roofs with limestone-ashlar stacks. 3-unit lobby-entry plan extended to T-plan. 2 storeys plus attic; 4-window front has a blocked early C19 ashlar porch, to left of centre, with an arched doorway and a quatrefoil in the gable. To left is an early C19 stone-mullioned window of 3 lights with label, and the casement to right also has a label; to extreme right a blocked doorway is now a window. At first floor the 2 bays to right have 2-light casements and the outer bays have blocked openings. Thatched roof has 3 ashlar stacks. Left gable wall has C17 mullioned windows of 2 and 3 lights to 3 floors. Rear has a central stair projection with a small window under a label, and has a c19 slated outshut containing the present front entrance. C19 rear wing, returning from the right end, has leaded stone-mullioned windows, a gable parapet with shaped projecting kneelers, and an ornamental panel in the gable containing a carved rose within a quatrefoil. Slated range to right of the train range is probably mostly C19 and has further lattice-glazed mullioned windows. C18 single-storey kitchen projects from side right of front and links to barn (q.v.). It has a large 3-light leaded casement and a massive ashlar lateral stack with a brick shaft. Interior not inspected. Early C19 alterations may be by Thomas Rickman.
Listing NGR: SP3948829504
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 251829
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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