Description

SP 3540
12/32
08/12/55

EPWELL
Yarnhill Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse now house. Datestone TH/1686. Alterations in C20. Squared, coursed
ironstone. Steeply pitched stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Stone
coped gables with moulded kneelers. Renewed brick ridge and end stacks. 3-unit
plan. 2 storeys. 5-window range. Entrance off-centre to left has a C20 door and
a moulded stone flat doorhead decorated with rosettes and swags. Ground floor
has three 3-light stone mullioned windows with opening casements. Continuous
string over windows. First floor has four 2-light stone mullioned windows with
casements and continuous string course over. Right end has 2 blocked windows.
Rear has four 2-light stone mullioned windows on both ground and first floors
with hood moulds and label stops, oval window above door. Interior. Stop
chamfered beams, inglenook fireplace and stone fireplace with 4-centred head.
Circular stairwell remains for original staircase. Original 3-unit plan
survives. Window on first floor bias a wrought-iron casement fastener with
initials TH worked in iron forming a connection with the datestone over the
front door. The initials may refer to Thomas Hawten.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1974, p505; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol IX, p228)

Listing NGR: SP3549140671

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298969

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy