Stone House
STONE HOUSE, VALLEY 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:
- 1369780
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Stone House
- Statutory Address:
- STONE HOUSE, VALLEY ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
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 |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/05260/15
- Rights:
- © Mr Alistair F Nisbet. Source: Historic England Archive
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:
- 1369780
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Stone House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STONE HOUSE, VALLEY 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:
- STONE HOUSE, VALLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Finmere
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 63578 33006
Details
FINMERE VALLEY R0A0 SP6333, SP6232-6332 (West side) 11/12, 12/12 Stone House
- II
House, Datestone IYEY/1638 in left gable. Datestone 1879 ATL. C20 alterations. Squared coursed limestone. Steeply pitched red-tile roof with stone coped gables and ball finials, 2 brick end stacks and a stair ridge stack with chamfered stone base. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window range. Entrance off-centre to right via C20 porch. Ground floor has two 4-light stone mullioned windows to left of porch and another similar window to right, Hand moulds and label stops. First floor has three 3-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops. 3 gabled full dormers have 3-light stone mullion windows and stone coped gables. All windows on front elevation have C20 opening casements inserted within the stone mullioned frames. Stone string course to attic. Single storey outshot to rear. Interior noted as containing C17 ceiling beams and C19 staircase. Known as Mr. Lepper's House in 1887. When he bought it the house was one storey high and thatched. Lepper raised the walls in 1879. IYEY/1638 stands for members of the Yates family. Interior not inspected. (V.C.H: 0xfordshire: Vol VI, p117; Blomfield, J.C.; History of Finmere in History of the Present Deanery of Bicester: 1887, p120)
Listing NGR: SP6357833006
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 243604
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1959)
Blomfield, JC, History of the Present Deanery of Bicester Oxfordshire, (1887), 120
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 05-Jun-2026 at 14:24:32.
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.