Manor Farmhouse, Farmbuilding Approximately 50 Metres To North West

NOKE SP51SW 6/116 Manor Farmhouse, farmbuilding approx. 50m. to NW GV II Farmbuilding of uncertain origin. C17. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate and corrugated-asbestos roof. Single range. 2 storeys plus attic. Symmetrical 3-window front has widely-spaced 3-light stone-mullioned windows at first floor and has, at ground floor, similar windows in the outer bays plus a later segmental-arched central entrance with inserted loft door above; original wide doorways adjacent to the windows have been built up. End walls have 2-light mullioned windows at first floor and single-light openings in the gables. All window openings and mullions have plain chamfers. Roof is slated to front only. Interior: stop-chamfered intersecting beams. 5-bay butt-purlin roof with framed trusses built into gables; has tall tie beams morticed for attic joists with soffit tenons and diminished haunches; trusses retain framing for attic partitions; all rafters are tenoned and pegged into purlins. Possibly the stable range of the C16/C17 mansion of which part is incorporated into Manor Farmhouse. (V.C.H.: 0xfordshire, Vol. IV, p.268; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.718).

Listing NGR: SP5449813291