The Great House
THE GREAT HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1369263
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Great House
- Statutory Address:
- THE GREAT HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1369263
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Great House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GREAT HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD
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:
- THE GREAT HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Milton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 62748 02394
Details
GREAT MILTON CHURCH ROAD SP60SW (West side) 5/116 The Great House 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as Milton House)
GV II*
Large house. Rear wing, C16/C17; front range late C17/early C18; garden range dated 1788 on rainwater heads. Garden range almost certainly by James Wyatt for Richard Ryder, Home Secretary. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; ashlar; old plain-tile and Welsh slate roofs with brick and stone stacks. U-plan. 2 storeys plus attics. 7-window front, with plinth, plain parapet and heavy moulded cornice, is divided 2:3:2 with the side bays breaking forward. Central glazed door has moulded stone architrave and flanking fluted pilasters supporting a flat hood. All windows have early sashes with thick glazing bars and are framed by moulded stone architraves with aprons. Hipped roof, with 5 hipped 2-light dormers arranged 1:3:1, has tall stone stacks projecting from the end walls with brick shafts. 7-window 2-storey garden range to left, in ashlar with first-floor sill band and moulded cornice, has 2-storey, 3-window semi-circular bay to right of centre and, to right of it, a tripartite sash window at ground floor. Sashes are all large with very thin glazing bars. A shallow hipped Welsh slate roof is concealed by the plain parapet. Early rear wing to right of front range, with a stone moulded gable parapet with projecting kneelers and a large projecting lateral stack, has been re-windowed with sashes including a tripartite sash. Interior: Central hall has late C17 panelling with arched panels over the fireplace. Garden range contains an ante-room with distyle in antis Doric screen supporting a 3-centred central arch, a bow-ended drawing room with delicate honeysuckle frieze and marble fireplace with relief panel of Muse of Music, and a 3-window saloon with similar frieze and a marble fireplace with central panel of a cherub driving a chariot containing a lion and a goat. 2 late C18 stairs, both with wreathed handrails and stick balusters.(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol. VII, p,120; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.623).
Listing NGR: SP6274802394
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 246882
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 120
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 623
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 15:53:13.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.