The Plough

The Plough is a public house located on Aynho Road in Adderbury, dating from the mid to late 17th century, with extensions from the 18th century and alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of ironstone rubble with dressed quoins and features thatched roofs with gabled ends, along with gable-end stacks that have brick shafts.

The layout consists of a two-room plan on the right side, which has been converted into one large room with a central entrance. The right room is heated by a large gable-end fireplace and includes a winder stair to the side, while the left room's gable-end fireplace has been blocked. A one-room plan wing from the 18th century is located behind the right room, and there is a barn attached to the left end, which is now part of the public house accommodation. The rear of the building has single-storey extensions from the 20th century.

The exterior features two storeys and an attic, with an asymmetrical two-window north front. The first floor has 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars and wooden lintels, while the ground floor has canted bays, also with glazing bars, and a 20th-century glazed porch in between. The lower barn on the left has a similar bay on the right, a central doorway, and a two-light casement on the left. At the rear, there is a gable-ended wing with a thatched roof and single-storey 20th-century extensions.

Inside, the right-hand room contains a large stone fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel featuring notched cyma stops, along with winder stairs to the side. Both the right and left rooms have chamfered axial beams with cyma stops and slightly chamfered joists, now combined into one room. The rear right-hand room has unchamfered joists exposed. The right chamber features a chamfered axial beam with notched cyma stops, while the left chamber's axial beam has run-out stops. The interior also includes fielded two-panel doors, and the attic chamber is ceiled but reveals two tiers of large side purlins.