Listing Text

SP4635 ADDERRURY CROSS HILL ROAD
(South side)
Adderbury West
6/20 North Bank and attached
08/12/55 outbuilding
(Formerly listed as North
Bank, Bloxham Road)

GV II
Substantial house and outbuilding. Early C18, possibly partly earlier. Coursed
squared marlstone and ashlar; concrete plain-tile roof with ashlar and brick end
stacks. Probable central-stair plan with subsidiary range. Baroque style. 2
storeys. Symmetrical 3-window ashlar front of main range, with plinth and
storeybands linked by corner strips, has a central doorway with a fine moulded
stone doorcase comprising an eared architrave with a projecting keyblock, around
which breaks the cornice; the 20-pane first-floor sashes have moulded stone
architraves and sills plus projecting keyblocks, but at ground floor there are 2
renewed shallow canted bay windows. Steep-pitched roof has gable parapets.
Subsidiary rubble bay to right has a further entrance plus a 3-light casement at
ground floor, and has a renewed sash at first floor. Rubble outbuilding
extending further to right, with a steep-pitched corrugated-asbestos roof, has a
further entrance and a garage entrance. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP4676735501