Elm Grove Farm And Attached Outbuildings

WESTCOT BARTON ENSTONE ROAD SP42NW (South side) 6/212 Elm Grove Farm and attached outbuildings - II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C18, refronted late C18. Limestone ashlar and coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings; concrete plain-tile and Welsh-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. Central-stair plan with rear service wing. 3 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window ashlar front, with storey bands and flat arches, has a central arched doorway with keyblock and radiating fanlight, 12-pane sashes at ground and first floors, and 6-pane sashes at second floor. Hipped roof has 2 lateral stacks at rear and continues over a central rear projection containing a stair window and the rear entrance. Lower rubble and slate rear wing returns on right. Interior: large stone-flagged stair hall containing fine open-well stair with turned balusters per tread and closed-string upper flights; sitting room with C18 plaster cornice and tall arched recesses with serpentine shelves; dining room with large early C18 moulded stone fireplace with segmental head, keyblock and imposts; some early C18 architraves. 2-storey 4-window rubble and slate range, attached to left, has an external stone stair at the rear, and a 2-row brick dovecote in the gable; part of the range is now incorporated into the house. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.77).

Listing NGR: SP4345825669