Oxford House

SO 37 SE BRAMPTON BRYAN CP -

5/33 Oxford House

11.6.59

GV II

Public house, now house. Probably C17 with later alterations. Sandstone rubble and timber-frame with plaster infill. Stone and Welsh slate roofs hipped to right. Two sandstone rubble end stacks with brick shafts and third large off-ridge brick stack to right. U-plan with four-bay main range aligned north/south and subsidiary arms to east. Two storeys, the upper one partly in attic. West elevation has three windows, low-set attic dormers, probably late C19 with gables and 2-light mid-C19 glazing bar casements. Ground floor has three similar casements, but each of three lights with gabled C19 porch to left of centre containing ledged mid-C19 door and transom light. Right-hand part is underpinned in sandstone rubble. Frame is four square rectangular panels high from cill to wall-plate. Right-hand rear wing incorporates mid- C19 washhouse extension. Interior not inspected. Oxford House is said to have been a public house until closed by the Harley Estate in the late C19. (RCHM, Vol III, p 21).

Listing NGR: SO3703272410