Cowhouse Approximately 410 Metres South Of Rousham Park

The cowhouse, located approximately 410 metres south of Rousham Park, was built around 1733-1740 by William Kent. It features coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and has a gabled stone slate roof, with concrete tiles on the rear. The structure includes stone coping with onion finials on the left side. It has a two-unit plan and is a single storey. The front has a semi-circular archway at the centre, with a round window above it in the left gable. There is a timber lintel over the doorway with brick quoins at the rear. To the right gable, there is a gabled projection with a segmental-arched entry and a stone-coped gable topped with a ball finial. This cowhouse is significant as an early example of the "ferme ornee". Rousham Park is also listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.