The Garden House And Attached Walls And Gatepier To South, East And West

MOLLINGTON MAIN STREET SP4447 (South side) 13/142 The Garden House and attached 08/12/55 walls and gatepier to S, E and W (Formerly listed as Post Office)

GV II

House. Mid/late C17 extended C19. Squared coursed lias with stone slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan, at right angles to road. 2 storeys with attic. Main front of 2 bays, one-window range with leaded casement to ground floor and 3-light stone mullion windows to first floor. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. One-unit, single-storey extension, is probably C19 and has C20 door. Rear elevation has a 3-light stone mullion windows, with transom, to ground and first floor left, and C20 roof dormer to attic. Lateral stack, to right of rear elevation, is partially rebuilt in brick. Gable, to right of main front has 2-light stone mullion window to attic. Walls attached to south, east and west are probably of late C17 origin, restored C19. 2-stage buttresses. Section of wall attached to east has truncated, gatepier with ball finial and encloses part of garden with walls at Manor Farmhouse and attached walls and gatepiers to east and west (q.v.). Interior not inspected but noted as having C17 panelling, hall fireplace with chamfered stone surround, parlour fireplace with 4-centred arch-head and moulded stone surround and first floor fireplace with bolection moulded wood surround. (VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol l0, p197-206; Wood-Jones R.B.: Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region: p139-141)

Listing NGR: SP4421947391