Park Farmhouse And Adjoining Barn

PODINGTON HINWICK VILLAGE SP 9261-9361 17/395 Park Farmhouse and adjoining barn - - II

Farmhouse and barn. Earliest part of building in S.W. corner date 1597 on W. gable. This house was extended and altered in C18. First eastwards; datestone 1704 in N. gable end. Then in 1795 a further wing was built out northwards. All of the work was carried out in coursed limestone rubble. Now all the roofs are clad in clay tiles, though the later additions were once thatched (VCH). All gables have stone coping. Mainly two storeys, though N. wing partly two storeys and attics. Windows are all late C19 sashes without glazing bars. They are asymmetrically positioned except to E. elevation. Here, there are four first floor sashes. The ground floor has three sashes and doorway with a trelliswork porch which has decorated bargeboards. N. elevation has one small gabled dormer. The late C18 wing has incised datestone in N. gable end O.B. 1795. Also there is incorporated a C14 crocketed canopy head and small crocketed ogee-panelled head. In the E. wall are other fragments of mediaeval masonry. These are said to have come from Banbury church which was demolished late C18. The then Mr Orlebar brought a cart load of material from there (VCH). At the back of the farmhouse is a rubble stone barn dated 1750 in W. gable end. This was originally thatched but now has a concrete tile roof.

Listing NGR: SP9358261616