Manor Farmhouse Approximately 70 Metres South of Harcourt House is a Grade I listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C15 House. 2 related planning applications.
Manor Farmhouse Approximately 70 Metres South of Harcourt House
- WRENN ID
- cold-iron-merlin
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor Farmhouse Approximately 70 Metres South of Harcourt House, OX29 5RJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 416 055
- Coordinates
- 51.74746, -1.39866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse, located approximately 70 meters south of Harcourt House, is a service range that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the 15th century and features later alterations made for the Harcourt family. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and has a gabled stone slate roof. There is a 20th-century brick stack on the left end and two adjoining lateral stone stacks at the front, which are finished in 20th-century brick.
The farmhouse has a three-unit plan with a cross passage, two storeys, and an attic, presenting a five-window range. To the left of the stack, there is a two-window range that includes hood moulds over 15th-century trefoil- and cinquefoil-headed lights, a timber lintel over a 20th-century two-light casement to the right, and a 20th-century gabled roof dormer with a three-light casement. The three-window range to the right of the stacks features a late 19th-century bracketed flat hood over a half-glazed door, timber lintels over late 19th-century and 20th-century casements, a hood mould over a 15th-century hollow-chamfered architrave to the window left of the door, and a late 19th-century roof dormer.
At the rear, there is a three-window range to the left with stone and wood one- and two-light cinquefoil-headed windows. The right wing at the rear is made of limestone rubble, with a rendered first floor and early 19th-century chequer brick to the left. It has a hipped stone slate roof with a brick rear end stack and a large 15th-century offset stone lateral stack for the dairy outshut on the right. There is also an early 19th-century two-storey extension, possibly a former granary, to the right of the front, constructed of light timber framing with brick infill set on a tall limestone rubble plinth, featuring a brick end stack.
The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest, as it is noted to have an arch-braced roof with butt purlins supported on head corbels. The farmhouse is attached to the Great Kitchen.
Local climate
Manor Farmhouse Approximately 70 Metres South of Harcourt House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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