Fox Cottage

KINGHAM WEST STREET SP2424-2524 (North-west side) 15/157 Fox Cottage

GV II

House. Early C18 with later additions and alterations. Roughly coursed and banded limestone and marlstone rubble with alternating angle quoins; stone slate roof with coped verges. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic. 3-window front; C18 leaded casements with chamfered wood lintels and stepped ogee stops to first floor and with wedged voussoirs to ground floor. Central C20 half-glazed door also with wedged voussoirs. Integral ashlar end stacks with moulded dripstones and capping. Small paired lancet window, said to have been brought from Kingham Manor House, demolished in 1920's to right gable end attic. 2-storey lean-to to rear on left with late C20 flat-roofed extension (not of special architectural interest) attached and C19 single-storey gabled range at right-angles to rear on right. Interior. Central cross passage. Right ground-floor room has 2 chamfered cross beams with run-out stops. Inglenook fireplace with chamfered wood lintel and position of oak winder staircase (surviving from first floor to attic) visible to right. Left room has plastered spine beam, cornice and wood dado rail. Chamfered ceiling beams on first floor and collar truss roof in 3 bays with double butt-purlins to attic. [2606]

Listing NGR: SP2589824081