Description

ROLLRIGHT DUCK END
SP3231-3331 Great Rollright
12/133 Duck End House
27/08/57 (Formerly listed as Duck End
House together with Dovecote)

GV II

Probably a manor house. Early C17. Limestone rubble with limestone- and
marlstone-ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with ashlar and rendered
gable stacks. 2-unit plan with rear stair projection. 2 storeys plus attic and
basement. Symmetrical 3-window front has a central chamfered stone doorway below
a renewed 2-light stone-mullioned window with label, and has 3-light mullioned
windows with labels in the outer bays. Basement has a renewed or inserted window
to left. Steep-pitched roof has 3 gabled roof dormers, and the right stack has
paired ashlar shafts on a plinth. Right end wall has blocked 2-light mullioned
windows to 3 floors plus a small attic window. Left end wall has a small blocked
opening at basement level. Rear has 3-light mullioned windows (some renewed or
altered) to 3 floors, and has a central tall gabled stair tower with small
window openings. Interior: stop-chamfered cross beams including perimeter beams;
3 Tudor-arched stone fireplaces: one chamfered, and with an adjoining bread
oven, one moulded with recessed spandrels, and one moulded with carved
spandrels; broad renewed spiral stair from basement to attics; C17 oak panelling
re-used as doors; butt-purl in roof, formerly with 2 collars and a tiebeam to
each truss. The underside of a hearthstone is inscribed 1628.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p624)

Listing NGR: SP3291331252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553662

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)