Description

STONESFIELD HIGH STREET
SP3917 (South side)
15/119 Austin's Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17 with early C18 addition, and mid-C19 and late C20
alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with stone slate roof. Three-unit plan.
Two storeys and attic over basement. South-east front: brick ridge stack
off-centre to left (rebuilt in C20). Two gabled roof dormers with small-paned
wooden casements. 1:2 window front; 2- and 3-light wooden casements to right and
C19 six-pane glazing bar sashes to left, with wooden cills and lintels. Pair of
4-panelled doors to right (lower beaded flush) with hipped lean-to porch. The
left-hand unit is a C18 addition (see straight joint) and was formerly of 2 bays
(see blocked windows). Right-hand gable end with oval datestone, illegible at
time of survey (March 1987), but said to be 1604. Service range to right of one
storey and loft; 4-light wooden and metal casement to left with wooden lintel
and boarded loft door to right. Interior not inspected but owner (March 1987)
reports blocked old fireplace, and large bread oven in service range.
(VCH: Oxfordshire: p184)

Listing NGR: SP3930217149

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572450

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)