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Sibford School

A Grade II Listed Building in Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0337 / 52°2'1"N

Longitude: -1.4811 / 1°28'52"W

OS Eastings: 435690

OS Northings: 237376

OS Grid: SP356373

Mapcode National: GBR 6RP.JB9

Mapcode Global: VHBYX.84VV

Plus Code: 9C4W2GM9+FG

Entry Name: Sibford School

Listing Date: 8 December 1955

Last Amended: 20 September 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300140

English Heritage Legacy ID: 244699

ID on this website: 101300140

Location: Sibford Ferris, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX15

County: Oxfordshire

District: Cherwell

Civil Parish: Sibford Ferris

Built-Up Area: Sibford Ferris

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Sibford

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


SIBFORD FERRIS MAIN STREET
SP3436-3536
(North side)
16/143 Sibford School
08/12/55 (Formerly listed as School of
the Society of Friends)
GV II
Manor house now school. C17 remodelled C18. Extended in C19. Rear: regular
coursed ironstone rubble. Front: ironstone ashlar. Hipped slate roof. Rendered
brick ridge stacks. 3-unit plan extended by the addition of a C19 unit to right
and front range forming a double-depth plan. 3 storeys plus attic. 5-window
range with further C19 two-window addition on right. Entrance off-centre to left
has a tall 6-panelled door in a moulded stone architrave with keyblock head.
Flat hood on brackets. 2 semi-circular stone steps and a bootscraper. Entrance
is flanked by tall C18 sashes with architrave surrounds and keyblock heads.
First floor has 5 similar windows. 1:3:1 bays. Second floor has 4 renewed
2-light casements with keystoned stone lintels. Single pedimented roof dormer.
Stone parapet. 2-storeys 2-window C19 extension on right. 2 sash windows with
keyblock heads on both ground and first floors. Flat bands to first and second
floors. Glazing bars throughout. Rear has a 3-light stone mullioned window with
hood mould and label stop. Interior: hall has a substantial stop-chamfered beam,
C19 floor tiles and mostly C18 open well staircase. Room to left has C18
panelling. Music room to right has C18 alcove. First floor room on left has
dado, windows with seats, shutters and panelled reveals. The Society of Friends
established a school here in 1842.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1974, p766; VCH: 0xfordshire: Vol X, p229)


Listing NGR: SP3569037376

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