Court Place

This is a farmhouse, now a house, likely dating from the early 16th century. It was enlarged in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and remodelled around 1880. The building is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble and uncoursed rubble, with a plain-tile roof and brick stacks. It has a T-shaped plan, with extensions. The original range, to the right, projects to the front and rear. Remnants of a moulded plinth and string are visible on the front gable wall. The front windows, in both the original and later ranges, feature late 19th-century stone mullions. Ground-floor windows also include transoms and relieving arches. A return wall of the earlier range shows casements, including one with a 17th/early 18th-century three-light frame, and a small sash window. A late 19th-century range was inserted to the rear of the entrance wing, featuring stone mullioned windows. The interior contains a coffered ceiling with elaborately moulded oak cornices and V-shaped beams, including stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, likely dating from the early 16th century. There is also an early 18th-century dogleg staircase with heavy turned balusters. The farm has been owned by Brasenose College, Oxford, since around 1500, and a manorial court was historically held in the house.