Lower Grove Ash Farmhouse

SANDFORD ST.MARTIN B4031 SP43SW (South side) Grove Ash 3/117 Lower Grove Ash Farmhouse 09/10/79

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, enlarged C18 and altered early C19. Coursed squared marlstone. Stonesfield-slate roofs with ashlar and brick stacks. 2-unit lobby-entry plan, extended to 4 units then to L plan. 2 storeys plus attic. The right half of the 4-window main range is earlier, and has a central doorway with 6-panel door. To right is a 3-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window with label; a larger 3-light mullioned window to left, a 3-light lattice casement above, and a small single-light window over the door, all have labels and are probably early C19. Roof has a central stack and a gabled roof dormer to left. Added bays to left have further casements, one with a label. Lower service wing projects from left with a slated wooden verandah facing right. Short wing at rear of earlier bays has a further 3-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window in its outshut. Rear of later section has some segmental-arched openings with projecting keyblocks. Interior not inspected but noted as having stop-chamfered beams at first floor and in the later bays; attic stair over the lobby; chamfered and stopped doorframe leading to the rear wing; rear stair projection incorporated into slightly-later rear wing; 2 rows of butt purlins. (National Monuments Record; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI. p.171).

Listing NGR: SP4122830996