Description

CLANFIELD BAMPTON ROAD
SP 2802-2902 (South side)
7/12 Northcourt
(Formerly listed as North
12.9.55 Court Farmhouse)
GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Mid-C18 remodelling of C17 house; C19 additions and
alterations. Limestone ashlar front with chamfered quoins; roughly coursed
rubble to left gable end and regularly coursed and dressed rubble to right gable
end; stone slate roofs. C17 house on L-plan with twin-gabled range at
right-angles to rear on left; main range refronted in C18. C19 addition attached
to rear of twin-gabled range with contemporary single-storey outbuilding at
right-angles to left. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic with floor band and moulded
plinth. 5-window front; glazing bar sashes in plain surrounds with projecting
keystones. Central entrance; 6-panel door with rectangular barred overlight and
wooden segmental coved hood on brackets. Oxfordshire County Fire Insurance plate
numbered 17462 to right of centre window on first floor. Integral end stacks
with moulded dripstones and capping. Left gable end has narrow rectangular
windows to attic, one with leaded lights. 24-paned glazing bar sash to gabled
dormer in roof slope to left of twin-gabled range. Interior: dog-leg staircase
in stone-flagged central entrance hall has ramped handrail and turned balusters
to open string; rises to attic. Panelled doors, window shutters and reveals to
main range. C17 plank and muntin doors with strap hinges and chamfered ceiling
beams and joists to twin-gabled range. Cast-iron Victorian fireplaces on first
floor. Main range has double-purlin collar truss roof in 4 bays.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p546)
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Listing NGR: SP2877702128

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305158

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