Combe House And Attached Wall

COMBE SP4115 17/48 Combe House and attached wall 27/08/57 (Formerly listed as Combe House) GV II Rectory, now house. Early C17 to rear; mainly c.1812. Coursed limestone rubble, with dressed stone and ashlar to front; gabled stone slate roofs, with some Welsh slate; moulded Georgian-style end and lateral stone ashlar stacks. Courtyard plan. Early C19 Tudor/Gothick Revival style. 2-storey, 3-window range front. 2-light stone-mullioned and cinquefoil-headed windows with 4-pane sashes; similar windows in 2-storey canted bay to left. Label moulds continued as string course beneath parapet. Similar bay window and attached doorway in right gable end. Similar windows in parapeted gable end of wing to right, which has early C19 label moulds over 2 plank doors, and early C19 mullioned windows. Wing to left has segmental-arched stair-windows, and early C19 label moulds over C20 windows. Crenellated parapets to side wings. Rear wing has crow-stepped gables, an early C19 two-centred arched doorway; hood moulds over C17 five-light leaded ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window and similar early C19 four-light windows. Interior: dog-leg staircase to left with stick balusters. Gothick plaster cornices and stone fireplaces. Panelled doors. C17 chamfered beams and collar-truss roof in rear wing. Subsidiary features: L-shaped wall attached to rear left corner, of limestone rubble with ashlar coping, is approximately 27 x 87 metres. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp552-3; National Monuments Record)

Listing NGR: SP4134915843