Lew House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. House. 1 related planning application.
Lew House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-gable-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lew House is a house that originated in the 17th century, with later extensions, including one wing dated 1786. It was remodeled and further extended in 1909 by John Belcher. The building is primarily constructed of coursed rubble limestone, while the 1786 wing features a dressed stone gable and gable copings. The roofs are made of stone slate, and there are rubble stone chimneys with moulded cornices.
The house has a complex plan, with the original part located in the north corner, 18th century and altered early 19th century wings extending to the southwest, and 1909 extensions to the southeast. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The 1909 fenestration is designed in a late 17th century style, featuring wood mullion windows, cross windows, and leaded glazing.
The northwest entrance front has the 17th century section set back to the left, which includes three bays of cross windows, a heavy bracketed wooden eaves cornice from 1909, and a cruciform chimney. To the right, there is a projecting gabled bay with three-light windows and an ashlar porch from 1909. The porch features double doors, a large semi-circular arched hood supported by Doric columns, and a heraldic crest in the tympanum. A narrow bay of two-light casements separates this from the 1786 wing, which also projects and has a gabled roof, cross windows with flat stone arches, and keyblocks.
To the far right is an irregular service wing, part of which was formerly outbuildings, and it includes an attached range of thatched kennels. Inside, the 17th century part has a panelled room in a late 17th century style, which may be original in part but is likely from 1909.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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