The Falkland Arms Public House

GREAT TEW OLD ROAD SP3929 (East side) 10/58 The Falkland Arms Public 27/08/56 House (Formerly listed as Nos.19 and 20 (Falklands Arms) together with outbuildings) GV II Public house. Late C17, possibly partly earlier. Coursed squared marlstone rubble with some ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with limestone-ashlar gable stacks. 2-unit plan with stair tower and rear outshut. 2 storeys plus attic. Symmetrical 2-window front has a central doorway in a shallow stone porch; inner and outer doors have ovolo-moulded arched surrounds. Outer bays have 3-light stone-mullioned windows below a continuous drip mould which returns round the right end wall, and have 2 tall cross windows at first floor. Roof has gable parapets and 2 gabled roof dormers. Right gable wall has blocked mullioned windows to cellar and first floor. Rear has a tall gabled stair tower against which is an outshut with a 2-light mullioned window. All windows have leaded glazing. Interior: large open fireplace with chamfered and stopped bressumer. Upper part of front wall may be an early alteration. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, p.225; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.627).

Listing NGR: SP3961229270