The Corner House Including Caretakers Flat And Charlbury Museum To Rear And Attached Forecourt Railings

The Corner House, which includes a caretaker's flat and Charlbury Museum at the rear, is a building that has served various purposes, originally as a house, then as a town hall and library. The rear section dates back to the 17th century, while the front wing was constructed in the 1720s for William Spendlove, with 19th-century additions. The building is made of coursed squared rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a stone slate roof, although the rear wing has a roof covered in 20th-century tiles.

It has an L-shaped plan, originally featuring a single-span front range that was expanded to a two-span layout in the 19th century. The building stands two storeys tall with an attic and has a symmetrical three-window range. The entrance features a half-glazed door with an overlight that has radial glazing bars, framed by a stone architrave with a small hood. The ground floor has 16-pane sash windows, while the first floor features sash windows with glazing bars and horns, all set within stone architraves that include keyblocks. A fire insurance plaque is located above the central window.

There are three hipped dormers on the roof, each containing sash windows with glazing bars in moulded wooden architraves. The rear range, faced in ashlar and joined straight against the front range, has similar window designs. Stone chimneys are present on each gable, including those of the rear range. The rear wing, which is at a right angle to the main building, has a long row of casement windows with leaded lights, possibly indicating a former workshop, along with other similar casements, all under timber lintels.

Inside the front range, there are window shutters with raised and fielded panels, and a black marble fireplace in the left ground-floor room. The roof features butt-purlins, and a 19th-century staircase in the rear addition has turned balusters. The ground floor of the rear wing displays stop-chamfered ceiling beams. The property is enclosed by simple iron railings with urn finials atop standards on a dwarf forecourt wall.