Description

NEWINGTON A329
SU6096 (West side)
15/37 Beauforest House
18/07/63

GV II

Rectory, now house. c.1500, late C18 and c.1800. Limestone ashlar and clunch
rubble with some rendering; old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. L-plan. 2
storeys. Symmetrical 5-window ashlar front, with storey band, cornice and
parapet has a central doorway with pilasters, a triangular pediment and a
delicate fanlight. 12-pane sashes contain much original glass. Hipped roof.
Right end is bowed with 3 sashes at each floor, the lower windows 5 panes deep.
Coursed clunch bay to rear has tripartite sashes with "C.M. CLOZIER 1774" on a
flat arch. Lower range to extreme rear is partly rubble with brick dressings and
partly early C20 brick probably replacing timber framing; there is a wooden
bellcote on the roof. A subsidiary range extends to right and timber-framed
range formerly extended to left. Interior: main rooms have delicate plaster
cornices and early C19 fireplaces. Central stair hall has an open-well stair
with ramped handrail. Ground floor of earlier rear range has intersecting
moulded beans of triangular section and broad chamfered and stopped joists,
probably of about 1500.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.716).

Listing NGR: SU6088196476

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Beauforest House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26300177

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  For the Record