Western House

WARBOROUGH THAME ROAD SU5993 (East side) 9/151 No.54 (Western House) 18/07/65 (Formerly listed as Nirvana)

GV II

Substantial house. Late C16, altered early C17. Pebbledashed and rendered timber framing on flint and brick plinth; old plain-tile roof with pebbledashed stacks. 3-unit plan, extended. 2 storeys plus attics. 3-window pebbledashed front has projecting gabled outer bays, that to left with a weatherboarded gable, and each with a small C19 plank door near its outer angle, adjacent to a window. All windows are casements except for a 6-pane wide sash in the right bay. A stack of 3 shafts rises to right of centre, and a massive early-C17 chimney, bearing many shafts, projects from the left gable wall and is partly contained within an extension (now No.56 q.v.). Right end wall and rear have small irregular windows and there is a rear gable, to left, and 2 small brick extensions. Interior: massive internal stack with 2 Tudor-arched moulded-stone fireplaces and a first-floor fireplace with a brick Tudor arch; early C17 rectangular stone fireplace with ovolo mouldings; C17 oak panelling with fluted pilasters; one flight of C16 oak solid-tread stair leading to attics; oak roof structure with butt and clasped purlins; evidence of herringbone brick infill to right gable.

Listing NGR: SU5981093789