Part Of Burford Grammar School

Part of Burford Grammar School, this building was originally an inn until 1887 and now serves as staff accommodation. It has an early to mid-17th century appearance, with some alterations. The structure is built of coursed rubble and topped with a Cotswold stone roof. It is two storeys high with an attic and features a long two-storey range with three windows, plus a two-window gabled range to the right. The windows are primarily wood mullioned, with some restoration; the main part of the ground floor now has 20th-century casements. The first floor and attic windows have wooden lintels that are chamfered to fit their surrounds. On the first floor, there are oak ovolo mullion windows to the right of the main range and to the right of the gable. The ground floor of the gable boasts an impressive mid-17th century 4:4-light king-mullion window with a rebated transom in an ovolo-moulded surround and a restored ovolo-moulded lintel, indicating repairs to the wall face. The gable also retains leaded casements to the right of the two attic windows, again with oak ovolo. There are blocked doorways to the left and two more blocked doorways in the main block, along with an elliptical head doorway to the right beneath a relieving arch. The building features three ashlar chimneys. Inside, the ground floor west room is accessed through a double chamfered doorcase with urn-stops, and includes a Tudor fireplace, cross beams, and two panels of strap-work plaster decoration. There is a circular indent in the south wall where former stairs were located. The rear has brick extensions. Notably, William Morris's widow lived here, and the building is shown on the Ordnance Survey map as Nos 1-4 with School House.