Austin'S Farmhouse

STONESFIELD HIGH STREET SP3917 (South side) 15/119 Austin's Farmhouse

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Farmhouse, now house. Late C17 with early C18 addition, and mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with stone slate roof. Three-unit plan. Two storeys and attic over basement. South-east front: brick ridge stack off-centre to left (rebuilt in C20). Two gabled roof dormers with small-paned wooden casements. 1:2 window front; 2- and 3-light wooden casements to right and C19 six-pane glazing bar sashes to left, with wooden cills and lintels. Pair of 4-panelled doors to right (lower beaded flush) with hipped lean-to porch. The left-hand unit is a C18 addition (see straight joint) and was formerly of 2 bays (see blocked windows). Right-hand gable end with oval datestone, illegible at time of survey (March 1987), but said to be 1604. Service range to right of one storey and loft; 4-light wooden and metal casement to left with wooden lintel and boarded loft door to right. Interior not inspected but owner (March 1987) reports blocked old fireplace, and large bread oven in service range. (VCH: Oxfordshire: p184)

Listing NGR: SP3930217149