Mansionhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Farmhouse. 16 related planning applications.

Mansionhouse Farmhouse

WRENN ID
guardian-railing-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mansionhouse Farmhouse is a manor house that has been converted into a farmhouse. It dates from the late 17th century and has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is constructed of squared coursed lias stone and features a 20th-century plain tile roof. It has a three-unit plan, which likely included a through passage originally. The farmhouse stands two storeys high with an attic and has a four-window range that includes 3-, 4-, and 5-light stone mullion windows, all with hood moulds and square label stops.

There are three attic gablets, each with 2- and 3-light stone mullion windows. A two-storey gabled porch projects forward to the right of the centre. The outer doorway features a chamfered four-centred arch head, while the inner doorway has a chamfered stone lintel and a plank door. There is a 2-light stone mullion window on the first floor of the porch. To the right of the centre, there is a second entrance with a plank door and a chamfered stone lintel. The main house has a chamfered plinth, ashlar gable parapets, and moulded stone kneelers throughout. Ashlar stacks are located at the ridge and ends.

The left gable has stone mullion windows on each floor, including a cellar window. The rear elevation features a gablet with a lateral ashlar stack to the left and a tall, 2-light leaded wooden cross window to the left of centre. There is a probable 18th-century lean-to extension with a catslide roof on the right.

Inside, the secondary entrance to the left may have originally led into a screens passage, which is now gone. The kitchen, located at the far left, retains the remains of a large open fireplace and an oven, along with a small 17th-century fireplace that has a four-centred arch head, which has been reset to the left. A blocked stone mullion window at the rear of the kitchen is believed to be a reset medieval window, likely replacing the entrance to the screens passage. The central room features a large 17th-century fireplace with a four-centred arch head and a heavily moulded surround and cornices. Access to the early 19th-century staircase with a stick balustrade is through the porch.

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