Lower Upton Farmhouse

BURFORD AND UPTON UPTON AND SIGNET SP2412-2512 Lower Upton Farmhouse 5/218 (Previously listed as 12.9.55 part of Upton Farm House and Five Barns)

GV II

Farmhouse. Looks early C18 but with C16 and C17 features incorporated; restored early C19 and probably later. Rubble with Cotswold stone roofs. 2 storeys and attic, cellar under south part. 3 gables to west, the central one hipped over large rounded stair turret, to left a chimney. Irregular fenestration, casements mostly with wood casements. Long single-storey range at right-angles to west. The rear (east) dominated by the paired square stacks on gable to south; here the house is 3-storeyed, gable with chimneys to left, 2 windows, C19 sashes, to right. Return to north has a range of 3-light mullion windows with drips (replaced on ground floor by a glazing-bar sash window). Interior: Main range has intersecting chamfered beams, a spiral stair, and a large open fireplace with wooden bressummer and a continuous chamfer. West range incorporates a 3½-bay C16 structure, probably originally a 1½ bay open hall with smoke bay and a 2-bay 2-storied section, parts of the floor structure of which survive. The central truss is framed into a tiebeam with early infill but the mid-unit trusses have curved feet and 2 collars, morticed for queen struts: Trenches, purlins survive, but rafters and ridge have been renewed. This range may have been part of Upton Mill, mentioned in 1521. BOE: Oxfordshire; ex.inf. Michael Laithwaite.

Listing NGR: SP2414012621