Balscote House

WROXTON CHAPEL LANE SP3941 (South side) Balscote 9/177 Balscote House GV II House. Mid C17 with early C19 additions. Datestone 1806 on interior. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched slate roof. 2 renewed stone ridge stacks. Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers. 2-unit plan added to at later dates. Garden front. Left part, lower and probably dates from early C19. Single storey plus attic. French door and C20 wood casements with wood lintels. Rear has early C19 metal casements with wood lintels. Main part. 2 storeys plus attic. 4-window range. Entrance off-centre to right has renewed door and renewed stone hood mould with label stops. Ground floor has three 3-light C20 casements and a small C20 window to left of door. Stone lintels. First floor has four 3-light C20 casements. 4 hipped roof dormers. Right end has 3- and 4-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops. Rear has rectangular staircase projection and rear entrance. C20 flat-roofed extension. First floor has 3-light casements with crown glass, lead cames and bars. Wood lintels. Interior. Wooden spiral staircase, stop-chamfered beams, inglenooks with chamfered beams, butt-purlin roof with collar beam, plank doors with wrought-iron fasteners, stone flag floors. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p175)

Listing NGR: SP3921541765