Worton House

WORTON OVER WORTON SP42NW 6/245 Worton House - II Large house. c.1816 for William Wilson, extended and internally re-modelled c.1850. Marlstone ashlar and some render; Welsh-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys with single-storey wings, partly raised to 2 storeys. Earlier central 3 bays of 7-window front have storey bands, 12-pane sashes, and a central late C19 ashlar porch with a heavy wooden cornice. 2-window wings break forward with 12-pane sashes to right and 4-pane to left. Left wing raised c.1923 with rendered walls. Plain parapets conceal shallow-pitched hipped roofs and carry symmetrical flanking stacks with cornices; the parapet of the right wing sweeping up to 2 end stacks. Rear is plain and has been altered in one bay, but retains an ornamental overlight to the central door. Interior: 3-bay entrance hall with arched recesses and 2 marble fireplaces; other mid C19 decoration; oak stair c.1900. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.296).

Listing NGR: SP4312529138