College Farmhouse

SOUTH NEWINGTON THE TOWN SP4033 (North side) 11/272 College Farmhouse 08/12/55

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Cottage Farm. Farmhouse now house. Datestone 1659/BB/D/P/B. Extended C18. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Stone stacks to ends and ridge. Stone copings. Moulded stone coping to plinth. Elevation to road: 2-unit plan, 2 storeys plus attic; 2-window range. Front to left. C20 door off-centre to right has chamfered stone jambs and head to doorway. 4-light stone mullion with hood mould, label stops to left and a similar 3-light window to right. Two 3-light similar windows to first floor. Attic has a 2-light stone mullioned window with hood mould and label stops. Single storey extension to right has a 2-light stone mullion. Left end: 2-light flat faced stone mullion to cellar. 3- and 4-light stone mullioned windows to ground floor have hood moulds and label stops. Two similar 3-light windows to first floor. 2 gabled roof dormers. Windows have lead cames C20 and original wrought iron window catches. Renewed stone to some windows. Interior: Stop chamfered beams and chamfered joists. Inglenook fireplace with chamfered bressumer. Wooden spiral stair. Stone flag floors. Elm panelling and shutters to windows. Original plan of kitchen, hall and parlour survives. Noted as a rare example of the 3-unit developing into an L-shaped plan. (Wood-Jones, R.B., Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region, 1963, pp.136-7).

Listing NGR: SP4077333307