Manor House

LOWER HEYFORD CHURCH LANE SP4824 (North side) 10/51 Manor House 26/11/51 (Formerly listed as Manor Farmhouse) GV II

Manor house. 1669 an datestone but part probably earlier; altered C20, Part squared and coursed marlstone and limestone rubble with sane wooden lintels: Stonesfield-slate roofs with brick stacks. L-plan, infilled. 2 storeys plus attic. The longest side now has, towards the right end, four C20 windows with concrete lintels, but retains masonry of at least 3 builds including a section of chamfered plinth. The roof, which has a ridge stack to left of centre, is hipped to left and returns to the wing, which has similar windows plus a C20 bay window, and includes a datestone inscribed "WE/B/1669" built into a jamb. The rear gable wall shows an earlier lower gable including an ovolo-moulded 3-light wood-mullioned window with transoms. The right gable wall of the main range has a similar window but without transoms, and includes the present main entrance plus a blocked entrance. The infill range is lower and is probably C19/C20. Interior: Largest room has heavy stop-chamfered beans and a wide inglenook fireplace with a stop-chamfered bressumer and remains of a bread oven; small early-C18 stone fireplace. The initials on the datestone refer to William and Elizabeth Bruce. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol VI, p183)

Listing NGR: SP4844824861