Lower Farmhouse And Attached Granary Outbuilding

The Lower Farmhouse is a mid- to late 17th-century farmhouse with an attached granary outbuilding. It is located in Shipton on Cherwell and Thrupp. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a gabled concrete tile roof and a stone ridge stack. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a short rear left wing added in the 19th century. It is two storeys high with a four-window front. Timber lintels are above a 20th-century window in a blocked doorway to the left of the centre and above other 20th-century windows to the right. There are timber lintels above a 17th-century two-light chamfered wood-mullioned window with an iron opening light in the centre of the first floor and 18th-century three-light wood-mullioned casements with iron opening lights. Similar 17th-century windows are in the left gable and to the rear. A mid-19th century extension to the rear left has been altered in the 20th century. Inside, there are stop-chamfered spine beams, quartered to the main first and ground floor rooms on the left, as well as panelled shutters, mid-19th century doors, and a 17th-century winder staircase to the attic. The attic has a collar-truss roof with butt purlins. Attached to the right is a mid-19th century granary of limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and a hipped Welsh slate roof. It is two storeys high, with a three-window front and timber lintels over the door and openings, plus an iron loading-jib beside the loft door. A fire insurance plaque is also present, along with a five-bay king-post roof.