Chaucer'S House

WOODSTOCK PARK STREET SP4416NW (North side) 9/214 No.28 (Chaucer's House) 18/10/49 (Formerly listed as Chaucer's House) GV II House. Medieval origins; mainly late C17 for Nicholas Baynton M.P.: refronted c.1740 and extended to right c.1836 for Prior family. Coursed limestone rubble; gabled stone slate roof, with concrete tiles to part of rear, and Welsh slates to early C19 rear wing. Brick ridge stack to left and end stack to right. L-plan with medieval rear left wing. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Early C19 bay to right: reset mid C18 six-panelled door set in mid C19 raised segmental-arched architrave with key and impost blocks; early C19 six-pane sash above mid C18 six-pane sash with thick glazing bars, both set in keyed and raised architraves. Mid C18 three-window range to left, has raised storey bands and parapet and early C19 eight-pane sashes set in keyed and raised architraves; C19 round window set in central blocked doorway. Early C19 rendering to rear, with sashes and fine French windows set in coved architrave. Early C19 rear wing, with mid C19 one-storey bay added to rear. Rear left wing of limestone rubble with gabled stone slate roof; of medieval origins, truncated in mid C19; mid C19 rear gable has reset C14 cusped light. Interior: C18 and C19 panelled doors; early C19 extension to right, has early C19 bracketed marble fireplace to rear. Front range, of C17 two-unit lobby-entry plan, has early C19 fireplace with paterae, and fine mid C18 panelled room with dentilled cornice and marble fireplace to left; dog-leg with winder staircase to rear, has late C17 splat balusters reset in early C19 frame with carved pendentives to ground-floor archway; 4-bay butt-purlin roof, with curved feet to principle rafters on left. Wing to rear left, of medieval origins, has foot of C14/15 principle rafter set into wall. Named Chaucer's House from C16 after its former owner Sir Thomas Chaucer (d.1434) a royal official and Oxfordshire M.P. Used as retreat for St. John's College in mid C16. (Information from VCR)

Listing NGR: SP4428316765