The Old Parsonage

BANBURY ROAD 1. 1485 (West Side) Nos 1 & 3 (The Old Parsonage) SP 5107 SW 3/109 12.1.54. II 2. RCHM 188. Early C17 in origin; the whole has been restored and there are modern additions. East elevation. 2-storeyed coursed rubble with 2 gables, stone copings, ball finials and a stone slate roof. Moulded string at the 1st and 2nd floors. There is a central renewed moulded stone stack and one at the North end, The ground floor has 3 stone doorways with 4-centred heads, moulded jambs and spandrels, that on the South being renewed. In a spandrel of the centre doorway is the date 1659. The 1st floor has 2 4-mullioned windows. In each gable is a 3-light casement window with a moulded stone cornice. On the North West is a 2 storeyed modern red brick addition and on the North West angle is another 2-storeyed roughcast addition. On the South West of No 1 is a 2-storeyed roughcast extension. On the West of the ancient range are 2 large restored gables having a 4-light stone mullioned window in the North one and in the South one a 2-light similar window; the gables have modern wood bargeboards. Interior:- RCHM 179 b. Includes some original fireplaces and some early Cl8 panelling. History. For condition of exterior in 1820, see J C Buckler's drawing in Bodleian MS Don a 3 I 41 and 42.

Listing NGR: SP5114007018