Latitude: 51.8178 / 51°49'3"N
Longitude: -1.306 / 1°18'21"W
OS Eastings: 447933
OS Northings: 213466
OS Grid: SP479134
Mapcode National: GBR 7WS.SSG
Mapcode Global: VHCXF.9KXV
Plus Code: 9C3WRM9V+4H
Entry Name: Begbroke Hill Farmhouse
Listing Date: 26 November 1951
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1291316
English Heritage Legacy ID: 393665
ID on this website: 101291316
Location: Yarnton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX5
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
Civil Parish: Begbroke
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Begbroke
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Farmhouse
BEGBROKE SANDY LANE SP41SE (North side) 3/1 Begbroke Hill Farmhouse
26/11/51
- II
Farmhouse, now offices. c.1604 for Humphrey Fitzherbert. Coursed limestone rubble; gabled artificial stone slate roof with moulded kneelers to stone acoping; stone end stacks. Double-depth plan. Jacobean style. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. 3-storey central porch has pyramidal finials to stone-coped gable; 2- and 3-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows; label mould over chamfered shallow-arched doorway with roundels set in spandrels and C20 door. Similar 3-light and 4-light windows; similar 2-light windows set in gabled dormers to end bays with pyramidal finials to stone-coped gables. Similar windows to sides and rear. C19 rear extension. Early C17 blocked chamfered pointed arch with moulded imposts to C17 cellar to rear right. Interior: porch has plaster quadripartite vaulted ceiling and stop-chamfered segmental-arched doorway. Stone-flag floors, Quartered beams to right, have moulded cornices and trailing scrolls and flowers to soffits of beams and frieze. Stop-chamfered beams to left and first floor. Restored winder stairs to rear right. Moulded and arched stone fireplace with sunk spandrels to first floor room on left. Butt-purlin roof, In 1604 Fitzherbert was accused of ruining nearby roads by the frequent use of "late carriages for his buildings". (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p450; Information from the VCH)
Listing NGR: SP4793313466
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