Oxwick Farmhouse

ST 78 NW YATE OXWICK LANE (north side)

4/248 Oxwick Farmhouse 17.9.52 G.V. II*

Farmhouse. Dated 1722, for John Oxwick. Coursed rubble with brick dressings, and string courses; C20 tiled roof; brick stacks. A curious blend of provincial baroque and gabled vernacular. 2 storeys and attics. 1:1:3:1:1 bays; outer 2 recessed,and inner 3 recessed between middle bays which are projecting stair towers; all surmounted by gables of unequal dimensions; clasping buttresses and quoins to the left. 4-pane sash windows with round heads on the ground floor and segmental heads on the upper floors. In the centre engaged brick pilasters rise through 2 storeys and support a stone pediment; between is a blocked door under a segmental head on the ground floor, and above are enriched arms under a segmental pediment and a bullseye window. C20 door under square head in right stairtower and original round headed door in left. Blocked semi-circular window in centre gable and stone tablets in stair tower gables. 3 storey bow window on west elevation and flanking single storey, 3 bay service wings setback to either side. Rear elevation: 3:2 (recessed and capped by an ashlar gable with a central niche): 3 bays. Oval inscribed date plaque in square surround over ground floor central window. Interior: turned baluster dog-leg staircases; plank doors with round and square heads; lugged ashlar fire surrounds on ground and first floor; cheese loft with racks and shelves.

Listing NGR: ST7218885905