Manor Farm House

Manor Farm House is an early 17th-century farmhouse, with a later 17th-century extension, situated on Islip Road in Bletchingdon. Constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble, it has a gabled concrete tile roof and stone ridge and end stacks finished in early 19th-century brick. The building originally comprised a two-unit lobby-entry plan, later extended to an L-plan with a front right wing.

The two-storey and attic farmhouse has a two-window front. It features a timber lintel over a mid-19th-century four-panelled door, which is sheltered by a gabled timber porch of the same period. Early 19th-century flat brick arches cover 20th-century three-light casement windows, while restored early 17th-century three-light, chamfered stone-mullioned windows are present on the first floor. Gabled roof dormers are also visible.

The rear elevation displays stop-chamfered timber lintels and a keyed stone lintel over an early 19th-century six-pane sash window. A central stair-turret is present, as is an early 17th-century medallion bust of a female with the inscription “SIB + DEL” set in a quatrefoil. The later 17th-century front right wing is single-storey and attic, with a 19th-century outshut to the front and 18th-century carved wood brackets to the hood over the rear door.

Inside, the room to the left contains a chamfered beam, a stop-chamfered bressumer over the open fireplace, and an 18th-century corner cupboard. The room to the right has a chamfered segmental-arched stone fireplace and a stop-chamfered beam. A mid-19th-century dog-leg staircase leads to the rear, and the first floor retains stop-chamfered beams, a similar 17th-century fireplace on the right side, and a 17th-century plank door leading to the attic. A similar 17th-century door is also found within the attic. The front right wing contains a stop-chamfered beam.