Manor Farmhouse

SP6022 LAUNTON BICESTER ROAD (South side)

13/92 Manor Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse; including former Court Room. Early C17, probably incorporating earlier elements. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; old plain-tile roof with brick stacks, 4-unit plan with cross wing. 2 storeys and 2 storeys plus attics. 4-window front of lower main range has a central doorway between large 4-light C20 casements, and has 2 smaller windows to extreme right plus, to extreme left, an altered doorway below a C16/C17 label mould with lozenge-shaped stops; first floor has 2 old 3-light casements, a C19 half dormer and a gabled full dormer. Roof is half-hipped to right and has 2 ridge stacks. Tall cross wing to left is the former Court Room and has C19 windows, gabled stacks and a roof dormer; attached to its right front corner is a 2-storey pyramid-roofed stair tower with small windows to each floor. Rear of main range has a massive stone chimney projection tapering to a tall brick stack, plus some old casements; a stone outshut extends more that half the length of the range. Interior; some heavy beams, one crudely moulded, which may be medieval; large open fireplace; winder stair. The site of the Manor House. (V.C.H.: 0xfordshire; Vol.VI, p.233).

Listing NGR: SP6036822880