Description

SP6022 LAUNTON BICESTER ROAD
(South side)

13/92 Manor Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse; including former Court Room. Early C17, probably incorporating
earlier elements. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; old plain-tile
roof with brick stacks, 4-unit plan with cross wing. 2 storeys and 2 storeys
plus attics. 4-window front of lower main range has a central doorway between
large 4-light C20 casements, and has 2 smaller windows to extreme right plus, to
extreme left, an altered doorway below a C16/C17 label mould with lozenge-shaped
stops; first floor has 2 old 3-light casements, a C19 half dormer and a gabled
full dormer. Roof is half-hipped to right and has 2 ridge stacks. Tall cross
wing to left is the former Court Room and has C19 windows, gabled stacks and a
roof dormer; attached to its right front corner is a 2-storey pyramid-roofed
stair tower with small windows to each floor. Rear of main range has a massive
stone chimney projection tapering to a tall brick stack, plus some old
casements; a stone outshut extends more that half the length of the range.
Interior; some heavy beams, one crudely moulded, which may be medieval; large
open fireplace; winder stair. The site of the Manor House.
(V.C.H.: 0xfordshire; Vol.VI, p.233).

Listing NGR: SP6036822880

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526382

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