Ellwood House

CROWELL CHINNOR ROAD SU7499 (North side) 20/73 Ellwood House 18/07/63

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C16 with later alterations. Red brick with some random flared headers; old plain-tile roof, gableted to left; brick lateral stacks to rear. 2-storey, 6-window range. Plank doors with glazed tops to left and right of centre. 3-light painted stone ovolo-moulded mullion window with hood mould to right. 2-light painted stone ovolo-moulded mullion windows to left and right of centre. 4-light wood mullion and transom window to centre. Two 2-light casements with top-lights and segmental brick heads to left. 2-light casement with top-light to first floor left. 4-light wood mullion and transom window to first floor centre. 2-light painted stone ovolo-moulded mullion window to right of centre. 3-light painted stone ovolo-moulded mullion window to right. Right return: 2-storey angled bay of brick with some random uncoursed stone rubble to ground floor; plain-tile hipped roof. C20 French window with side-lights to ground floor. Round window to each side of bay to first floor. Rear: catslide roof, with cross-gable to right of roughcast timber framing. To left and right of centre are lateral stacks with 3 diagonally-set flues. Interior not inspected but reputed to have richly moulded ceiling beams. History: Thomas Ellwood, Quaker and friend of John Milton was born here in 1639. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.8, 1964, p.82).

Listing NGR: SU7442699790