Astley House

GREAT FARINGDON CHURCH STREET SU 2895 (north side)

3/16 Astley House (formerly listed as Astley House or Vicarage, 21.11.66 Market Place)

GV II

c.1720-40 rubble stone house with ashlar dressings. 2-storey and attic with hipped, stone tiled valley roof. Brick stacks on roof slopes to south, west and north. Gabled dormers to west and east sides, cambered head dormer to south front. Deep coved eaves cornice, chamfered stone angle quoins. Plain raised cambered-head window surrounds with keystones. Sash windows with glazing bars. 3-window range to east and west sides, central windows on west side at basement and half-storey height to light stair. 2-window south front with altered ground floor, C19 projecting ashlar bay window with hipped roof to east side, C19 pro- jecting stone porch with Roman Doric columns to west. Round arched doorway with metal traceried fanlight and 6-panel door. Early C18 staircase with thick moulded rail, turned balusters and closed string. To north rubble stone C18 service range with 3 leaded light cross windows in cambered-head stone surrounds below and large triple sash window in hipped half-dormer above. On west side slate-roofed C19 stable range.

Listing NGR: SU2885795678