The Gabled House

The Gabled House is a house dating from the early to mid-17th century, located on the west side of Burford and Upton High Street. It is constructed of rubble with a Cotswold stone roof. The building has a plan featuring two rooms on the ground floor at the front, connected by a passage to an original rear kitchen wing. It may have originally included a first-floor hall. The house is two storeys high with an attic and features two gables at the front, which have moulded coping and ball finials. There is a dressed rubble chimney on the right side with moulded coping.

The windows have been restored, with most being new hollow chamfer mullion windows; there are three lights in the attic and four lights below, all with drips. The central doorway has a Tudor arch shape with a hollow chamfer and a label, featuring a plank door that may date back to the 16th century, complete with period ironwork. Steps lead up to the door, which has a Farmers Fire Insurance tablet above it.

Inside, the left-hand room on the ground floor has a Tudor arch fireplace at the back and a steep Tudor arch doorway that previously provided access to the yard, possibly to a stair turret. The three ground floor rooms have chamfered joists, and the rear room includes a wide fireplace with a cambered wooden lintel. The central truss features a raised cruck, likely from the 15th or early 16th century.