Shrivenham House

Shrivenham House is a building that dates back to the 17th century, with an addition from the 18th century. It underwent extensive alterations and extensions in 1834, as noted by a datestone on the west porch. The 19th-century work was completed for the Barrington family while they were constructing nearby Beckett Hall. The close stylistic resemblance between Beckett Hall and Shrivenham House suggests that the Barringtons hired the same architect, William Atkinson, for both projects.

The house is constructed from rubble stone and some incised roughcast, featuring stone dressings and gabled stone tiled roofs, along with several banks of 19th-century diamond-shaped stone stacks. The original 17th-century structure consisted of a single two-storey range oriented north-south, with a principal west front. An eastward projecting wing was added to the north wall of this range in the 18th century. The 1834 additions transformed the L-shaped plan into a rectangular layout.

The two-storey, five-bay west front of the 17th century now exhibits a Tudor Gothic character from the 19th century. The upper floor windows are either three or four light mullions set under flat heads, while the ground floor windows are similar but less regular, including one five-light window in the right-hand bay that is now blocked up. A centrally placed two-storey gabled porch projects from the front, featuring the datestone in its apex, a three-light stone mullioned window on the upper floor, and a Tudor arched doorway below with a dripstone and a plank door.

Inside, there are several 19th-century Tudor Gothic stone fireplaces in the principal wing, along with a late 17th-century fire surround featuring a pulvinated frieze and eared architrave in the southeast wing. The house also includes a 19th-century Gothic staircase with wrought iron balusters.