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HER Number: 12690
Record Type: Building
Name: Bishop's Manor Farmhouse, Townsend

Designations

  • Listed Building (II) 1283120: BISHOP'S MANOR FARMHOUSE
Grid Reference: SU 493 895
Parish:HARWELL, VALE OF WHITE HORSE, OXFORDSHIRE

Monument Type(s):

  • FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1633 AD to 1666 AD)

Summary

Probable mid C17th farmhouse

Associated Monuments

  • None

    • Associated Finds:

  • None

    • Description

    SU4989 HARWELL TOWNSEND
    9/139 (East side)
    25/10/51 Bishop's Manor Farmhouse
    GV II
    Farmhouse. Probably mid C17. Roughcast, probably on timber-framing; old plain-tile cross-gabled roof; massive lateral stack to right of coursed stone rubble with brick dressings and 2 diagonally-set brick flues, brick ridge Stack to left return 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range at right-angles to street. 6-panel door to centre with flat hood on brackets 3-light casements to ground floor left and first floor left and centre curved roughcast eaves 2 cross-gables with banded fish-scale tile-hanging. Left return, to street: 3-light casements to ground floor left and right with gabled hoods on brackets, 2 jettied, cross-gables to attic on carved brackets with moulded bressumer. False close-studded timber-framing to cross-gables. Rear; C18 wide sash-door to centre. Irregular fenestration of casements. Double Queen-post roof truss to gable end to right. Interior: noted as having massive chamfered spine beans with ogee end stops,
    Listing NGR: SU4939689522


    <1> Dept of Environment/DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Vale of White Horse List 56: 9/139, p.57 (Index). SOX260.

    <2> Oxford Architectural & Historical Society, Oxoniensia, Vol LVII (1992) pp.137-142 (Serial). SOX284.

    <3> Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol III, p.485 (Serial). SOX6.

    <4> Archaeological Journal, Vol 136 (1979) pp.173-192 (Serial). SOX443.

    <5> Slide Cabinet, 1 of building exterior taken in 1990 (Photograph). SOX303.

    <6> English Heritage (RCHME), 1987-1989, Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card (Photograph). SOX2063.

    Sources

    <1>Dept of Environment/DCMS. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vale of White Horse List 56: 9/139, p.57. [Index / SOX260]
    <2>Oxford Architectural & Historical Society. Oxoniensia. Vol LVII (1992) pp.137-142. [Serial / SOX284]
    <3>Victoria County History of Berkshire. Vol III, p.485. [Serial / SOX6]
    <4>Archaeological Journal. Vol 136 (1979) pp.173-192. [Serial / SOX443]
    <5>Slide Cabinet. 1 of building exterior taken in 1990. [Photograph / SOX303]
    <6>English Heritage (RCHME). 1987-1989. Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card. print. [Photograph / SOX2063]

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