Manor Farmhouse

MINSTER LOVELL MANOR ROAD SP3211 (South side) 19/110 Manor Farmhouse 12/09/55 GV II*

Farmhouse, probably incorporating part of former chapel, now house. C12 origins, incorporates some C15 elements, probably from the Manor House, later alterations. Stone coursed rubble; concrete tile roof; stone end stacks, that to left with brick flue. 2 storeys and attic; 4-bay range. Wide C15 ribbed door to left of centre with open stone porch having hipped stone slate roof. Irregular fenestration of casements to right. 12-pane horned sashes to projecting bay at left. Two C20 gabled full dormers to roof. Rear: blocked round archway to ground floor left. Interior: C20 staircase from ground floor to attic. C15 four-centre-arched stone fireplace surround with quatrefoils to spandrels to dining room at ground floor left. 4 centre-arched stone fireplace surround to sitting room at ground floor left. History: probably former chapel of St. Cecilia, formed part of the Minster Lovell Manor complex. The manor was owned by the Lovell family from C12 to 1485. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1979, p70; "Minster Lovell Hall", A.J. Taylor, HBMCE, 1985)

Listing NGR: SP3239111421