Description

CLANFIELD MAIN ROAD
SP2801-2901 (West side)
8/33 Widford House
GV II

House. 1856 by Henry Newman, a local builder for himself; incorporates part of
an earlier building; minor later additions and alterations. Rock-faced regularly
coursed and dressed limestone with ashlar angle quoins to 1856 house, roughly
coursed rubble to earlier part; stone slate roofs with stepped coped verges on
stone carved kneelers. Eclectic Gothic style. 3 storeys and gable-lit attic with
moulded eaves cornice. 2:1:2 bays with full-height gabled break to centre.
Windows to ground and first floors all 6-paned sashes and fixed-light windows to
second floor, except for centre bay which has Gothic-traceried sash windows;
moulded segmental heads with segmental-pointed relieving arches to ground- and
first-floor windows, except for centre bay which has round-headed arch.
Second-floor windows all with shouldered arches except for centre window which
has pointed arch with Gothic tracery. Cusped trefoil to attic of gable and 2 to
each gable end. Central entrance; richly moulded pointed arch-way with hoodmould
and one order of imitation Purbeck-marble nook-shafts; contemporary nail-studded
plank door with fleur-de-lys pointed strap hinges. Rectangular overlight with
cusped top corners and superscribed datestone "AD HN 1856" within
segmental-pointed relieving arch. Integral end stacks have 3 attached shafts
with moulded capping. Lower earlier range attached to left gable end, re-fronted
in 1856, has segmental-headed 2-light stone mullion window to left and
steep-pitched gabled porch to right, doorway now infilled and C20 casement
inserted. Contemporary lean-to former coach house, extending to rear, attached
to right gable end of main range. Interior. Not inspected but likely to be of
interest. Roughcast additions (c.1914) to rear of main range and late C20
flat-roofed projection attached to earlier range are not of special
architectural interest. Also known locally as The High House.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp546-7)
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Listing NGR: SP2843101546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572485

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)