The Green

SP4735 ADDERBURY THE GREEN (West side) Adderbury East 7/125 The Green 08/12/55 Formerly listed as House on south east corner of Croft Lane)

GV II House. Probably late C17, re-modelled early/mid C18 and altered and extended early C29. Coursed squared marlstone with limestone-ashlar dressings; Welsh-slate and Stonesfield-slate roofs with ashlar gable stacks. 2-unit plan with long rear range, extended. 2 storeys plus attic and 2 storeys. Regular 4-window front of main range, with chamfered stone plinth and eaves cove, has 12-pane sash windows in C18 stone architraves with projecting double-stepped keyblocks; doorway in bay 3 has a 4-panel door with matching panelled reveals and an early-C19 stone doorcase with Tuscan columns bearing an entablature. To right, 2 later bays with matching windows are set back slightly and have a lower stone-slate roof. Steep-pitched Welsh-slate roof of main range has gable parapets with projecting kneelers, each gable with a paired stack with linked plinth and cap. Left gable contains a leaded 2-light window with square stone mullion and moulded architrave; a matching window has been blocked by the added bays. Long rear wing, returning from left, is probably mostly early C19 and contains subsidiary accommodation plus garaging; it has some casements and several segmental-arched openings. Rear noted as having a stair projection. Interior not inspected but noted as having a late-C17 stair. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p418)

Listing NGR: SP4733235636