Number 121 (Dragon Farmhouse) With Attached Barn And Cart Entry, Garden Wall And Outbuilding Attached To Number 119

Number 121, known as Dragon Farmhouse, is a historic building located on Bicester Road in Long Crendon. It features an attached barn and cart entry, as well as a garden wall and outbuilding connected to Number 119. The farmhouse dates from the medieval period, with elements from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The building consists of four bays, with the bay closest to the road being early 18th century. It stands two storeys high with an attic, constructed from coursed rubble stone, and has a rendered gable, coved eaves made of moulded timber and plaster, and a tiled roof. The gable end has a three-light leaded casement window on each floor. The east elevation has two casements on each floor, featuring a two-light window on the left and a three-light window on the right, with timber framing on the ground floor and old leaded glazing with original glass in the left-hand window on the first floor.

The central two bays are medieval and later, supported by cruck frames. This section is timber-framed with plaster and brick infill, topped with a thatched roof that continues over the end bay. The door to the left is made of panelled oak, while the right side has a three-light casement. There are two upper casements in thatch, with a three-light window on the left and a one-light window on the right. The end bay, dating from the 17th century, may have served as a brewhouse. It features rubble stone on the ground floor and timber framing above with some herringbone brickwork, along with a three-light casement window on the ground floor. The stone gable wall has a large projecting stone chimney stack with a tiled offset on the west side, and a small thatched lean-to on the right with a small leaded upper window to the left.

The west elevation includes a glazed door at the centre, flanked by three-light casements on each side, and a two-light casement in thatch. There is a half-glazed door in the rear bay and a six-pane window on the first floor. Inside the house, there are two notable cruck trusses with blades truncated above the collars, and the beams of the floor inserted into what was once an open hall appear to date from the 16th or 17th century.

The barn attached to the house, likely built in the early 19th century, is made of stone with brick dressings and has a weatherboarded upper section. The thatched roof has been replaced with concrete tiles and is hipped at the west end. The road-facing front features a modern three-light swept dormer above the cart entrance, while the rear elevation has three similar four-light dormers. Inside the barn, there are queen strut trusses. Additionally, there is a stone boundary wall and a low thatched outbuilding connected to Number 119.