Lemington House And Boundary Wall To East And Railings To North

Lemington House is a mid-to-late 17th-century building, remodelled around the 1760s, situated on Oxford Street in Moreton-in-the-Marsh. The front of the building is divided into two parts, both of two storeys. The west part is constructed of dressed rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and a central chimney featuring diagonal shafts. The window openings have been altered, now containing glazing bar sashes in rebated surrounds, presumably replacing earlier cross-mullioned windows. There is one blocked window on each floor to the right. A pedimented doorcase provides access via a six-panel door on the left side. The rear elevation has a dormer gable, with altered fenestration except in the attic where a three-light mullion window with a drip moulding remains.

The east part of the house sits on a basement and is constructed of ashlar with a modillion cornice and parapet, and a ground-floor cill string. It has a Cotswold stone roof with coped verges and later end chimneys. The main feature of this section is a three-bay full-height facade with glazing bar sashes, the panels of which are echoed in the parapet. A lead rainwater head is present to the left. A 10-foot boundary wall connects the house to Bengal House. Spearhead railings are set on dwarf stone walls along the road.

A long, T-plan rear extension features mullion and transom windows. Inside, a staircase positioned at an angle to the rear wing retains earlier wide-spaced balusters in its upper sections and an intact shaped handrail, though the rest of the staircase was altered in the mid-19th century. A ground-floor room in the west wing contains richly moulded beams and plasterwork. A first-floor bay window room in the east wing is a notable example of its period, retaining half-panelled details and original fittings. One room in the rear wing is fully panelled with moulded late 17th-century panelling, while upper rooms in the west wing also feature moulded beams further enhancing the interior’s character. The roof structure of the 17th-century sections is largely intact, revealing a curved collar in the rear wing and indicating it was built after the west wing.