Redlands

Redlands is a house located on High Street in Bampton, originally listed as Lime Tree House. The building dates from the early to mid-18th century and features a front range that was altered in the early 19th and 20th centuries. It has a late 18th century and 19th century rear wing, along with 20th century extensions at the rear. The structure is built from coursed rubble limestone and has a stone slate roof with flanking rubble chimneys, both of which were rebuilt in the 20th century.

The original L-plan range includes a stair in the rear bay and consists of two storeys and an attic with two bays. The front facade has four-pane sash windows with rendered lintels and a blind window in the centre of the first floor. There are also two small gabled roof dormers featuring two-light wooden casements. Some remnants of pre-1800 window designs are visible, including wooden lintels.

The central entrance features a six-panelled door set on a semi-circular stone step, surrounded by a wooden frame that includes pilasters and a glazed frieze panel. This surround incorporates fine 18th century carved scroll brackets and a shell hood adorned with plaster ornaments of fruit and flowers. On the right side of the house, there is a tall stair sash window with a semi-circular head and thick glazing bars, which was moved to its current position from the original location in the rear wall, along with 20th century extensions that have parapets and sash windows. The left side features a 20th century bay window at the gable end of the front wing, and the rear wing, which dates from the 18th and 19th centuries, includes one bay of five-pane sashes and various irregular casements and doors.

Inside, there is a fine early to mid-19th century staircase with column-on-vase balusters, three per tread, scroll tread ends, a ramped moulded handrail, and newel columns with acorn pendants. The front bay of the rear wing has panelling with a fireplace surround and arched niches that are in the 18th century style but may date back only to 1911. The interior also features old doors and a vaulted cellar in the far bay. Redlands was illustrated in Country Life on July 19th and 26th, 1946.