Temple Farmhouse, Barn And Farm Building Approximately 15 Metres South is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Farmhouse, barn, farm building.
Temple Farmhouse, Barn And Farm Building Approximately 15 Metres South
- WRENN ID
- dark-dormer-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn, farm building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Temple Farmhouse, barn, and farm building, now used as a hall and studio, date from the 18th century but contain elements from the 15th century. The structure is built of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features plain-tile and Welsh slate roofs with weatherboarded gables. It consists of two ranges at right angles, connected by a shorter lower range. The barn range has six bays, five of which are likely from the early 18th century, and includes a central porch, full-height opposed doors, and slit windows. The end bay is part of a medieval building, likely the east end of a chapel.
In the north wall, there is a 15th-century four-centre arched doorway that cuts into the two-course weathering of an earlier plinth, with a damaged window above it. The east gable wall, rising from a low plinth, has the blocked lower part of a three-light window with a wide central light, possibly from the 15th century. A string course at sill level wraps around a deep buttress to the right. The doorways are now blocked, and the porch is flanked by 20th-century lean-to structures. The three-bay building linked to the barn has a small central doorway with a dormer door above and blocked slit windows. A quoin to the left is inscribed with "WC/1751."
Inside, the barn structure is now cased and not visible, while the three-bay building features two heavy trusses with curved under-principals and two rows of trenched purlins. Two bays of the loft floor still survive. This building is located on the site of a preceptory of The Knights Templars, which was later transferred to The Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
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