Description

SP4735 ADDERBURY CHURCH LANE (East side) Adderbury East 7/6 Ivy House 08/12/55 (Formerly listed as The Vicarage, Back Lane)

GV II House. Mid Cl7, altered c.1800 and extended late C19. Coursed squared marlstone with ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with stone-and-brick stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window principal front, facing garden, has a chamfered plinth, and breaks forward in the middle and right bays which have 4-pane C19 sashes above canted bay windows; the projecting section has a plain parapet, with corner ball finials, forming a balcony reached from a dormer containing a French window with Gothick glazing bars. Plinth returns around gable walls: to left containing a small doorway with a C17 stop-chamfered lintel; to right with stone splay-mullioned windows to ground, first and second floors of 3, 3 and 2 lights, all with labels and leaded glazing, plus a 2-light mullioned cellar window. Returning from it, the rear wing has C18 leaded casements of 4 and 3 lights, converted from mullioned windows of which the labels remain; at the junction of ranges is a small blocked doorway in a Tudor-arched chamfered stone surround. Rear of main range has 3 further splay-mullioned windows; double-gabled rear wall of wing has 4 more, some serving the stair. All gables have parapets and projecting moulded kneelers, some with ball-finials; main roof retains the stone bases of 3 stacks. C19 porch in angle of ranges has an arched doorway; above it in the rear wing is a leaded cross window. Single-storey kitchen extension at rear of wing has a 2-light leaded casement with transoms top and bottom, possibly re-used; smaller brick service range is dated 1876. Rainwater goods include two C18 moulded lead hopper heads and several C19 cast-iron heads ornamented with a lion rampant. Interior: stop-chamfered beams; 2 Tudor-arched moulded stone fireplaces, one with recessed spandrels; large open fireplace with cambered bressumer; timber-framed partitions; old plank exterior door with fleur-de-lys hinges (now re-set); 3 stop-chamfered door frames in attic, plus an old moulded plank door; butt-purlin roof; c.1800 oak stair with stick balusters and ramped headrail; C19 pump and stone sink. (VCH; Oxfordshire: Vol IX, pll)

Listing NGR: SP4722835405

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)