Warren Farmhouse

HOLTON SP50NE 5/127 Warren Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. c.1600 and c.1700, extended early/mid C18. Coursed squared limestone rubble with some timber lintels; old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. 3-unit plan, extended to L-plan. 2 storeys plus attics. 5-window front has central door, with glazed porch, and a blocked doorway to its right. 3-light wood-framed mullioned and transomed windows, in 2 bays to right of and above door, all have stone flat arches. Left of door is a straight joist, then a 2-window added range with a central flat-arched doorway (now window), irregular 2-light casements and a 4-light casements to extreme left. Hipped roof has diagonal-shafted stacks at left end and on ridge of early range. Right end, returning to a rear wing, has traces of a 4-window arrangement, now mostly blocked, but containing remains of one wood-framed cross window. Rear of wing has a leaded cross window and a further diagonal-shafted stack. Stair tower, in angle of ranges, has a leaded cross window and a 4-light casement with wooden diagonal mullions. An outshut at the rear of the added range has similar wood-mullioned window, probably re-used. Interior: Large internal stack has Tudor-arched fireplace at first floor; rear wing has bolection-mould panelled room with heavy cornice, and a Tudor-arched corner fireplace below a panelled overmantel with a bayleaf surround to the central panel flanked by panels carved with fruit, flowers and acorns; room above has bolectian-mould corner fireplace with panelled overmantel containing contemporary oil painting; dogleg stair, with winders, rises to attics; butt-purlin roofs with cambered collars. (V.C.H.: 0xfordshire, Vol,V, p.170).

Listing NGR: SP5951107280