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Designations

• Listed Building (II*) 1193652: CAMOYS COURT

Monument Type(s):

• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• (Alternate Type) FORTIFIED HOUSE? (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1400 AD)
• FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1301 AD to 1600 AD)

Summary

Farmhouse, probably originally a fortified house, incorporating part of C14 house. Proposal to add new wing resulted in above and below ground evaluation which revealed medieval deposits including potttery and floor tile probably from C15/16 refurbishment of house.

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Associated Finds:

Description

SU5998 STADHAMPTON B4015
13/139 (South side)
18/07/63 Chiselhampton
Camoys Court
(Formerly listed as Camoise Court)
II
Farmhouse, probably originally a fortified house. Early C14 and C17. Coursed squared limestone rubble and some chequer brick; old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. Double range with garderobe annexe and subsidiary wing. 2 storeys plus attic. Double-gabled front, with lower range extending to left, has irregular fenestration, mostly sashes but with a 3-light ground-floor casement to left, and a leaded cross window with a keyblock flat arch to right at first floor; gables have small leaded casements. The doorway to right of centre has a canopy on Doric columns and there is a second doorway to left of centre. The right return wall has late C19 brick bay windows. The rear of the C14 left range has an arched window at first floor with 2 ogee-headed lights and a tracery light. A 2-storey block attached to the left rear angle of the range was probably a garderobe wing and has 2 narrow windows with internal splays. C18 windows to rear. Double-span roof has a large central ridge stack. Interior: C17 range to right of through passage has a large open fireplace with a timber bressumer. C14 range has, at ground floor, a longitudinal beam carried on a Samson post with solid brackets; first floor has the roll-moulded wall plates and tie beams of the 3-bay wagon roof which is now above a later attic floor. The 2 crown-post trusses have octagonal posts with the remains of moulded capitals and roll-moulded 4-way arched braces. The range was probably the solar of a vanished hall and probably dates from the "licence to crenellate" granted to Sir Richard de Louches in 1318. The property later passed to Sir Thomas Camoys. The site is moated.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VII, p.7; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.524; M.Wood: The English Medieval House, 1965, pp.306 and 380).
Listing NGR: SU5920398588
(2) Proposal to add new wing resulted in above and below ground evaluation. Above ground work consisted of investigation of 4 specific areas. Details of specific investigations as well as conclusions provided
(3) Below ground evaluation consisted of 3 trenches within the proposed area of house extension. All revealed medieval deposits, including pottery and floor tile, probably from the C15th-16th refurbishment of the house
(4) Watching brief observed 3 areas of alteration to existing building. Very little data was retrieved to provide new information about original building
(5) Limited evaluation located a pair of medieval ditches.
8-11; 13) Transferred to Oxon History Centre.
12) All info from listing added to this record, so listing discarded.

<1> Dept of Environment/DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, South Oxon List 101: 13/139, p.54 (Index). SOX260.

<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1993, Camoys Court, Chislehampton: Investigation of Building (Unpublished document). SOX1015.

<3> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1993, Camoys Court, Chislehampton: Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SOX1016.

<4> Cotswold Archaeological Trust, 1995, Camoys Court, Chislehampton: Archaeological and Building Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SOX1017.

<5> Medieval Archaeology, Vol 38 (1994) p.245 (Serial). SOX318.

<6> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol VII, p.7; vol 2, p 328 (Serial). SOX252.

<7> Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1974, The Buildings of England - Oxfordshire, pp.542-3 (Bibliographic reference). SOX380.

<8> Additional Information in Detailed Record File, P S Spokes correspondence from 1940's/50's, including historical and architectural details (Index). SOX258.

<9> HER Map Cabinet, Architects plans of proposed alterations to building (1966) (Graphic material). SOX326.

<10> Black and White print photographs, 6 external views including moat and medieval masonry (undated) (Photograph). SOX315.

<11> Photographic Archive, 10 internal and external views taken in 1967 and 3 of window in 1947. Xerox copies in DRF (Photograph). SOX304.

<12> NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File, SU 59 NE 21 (Index). SOX391.

<13> English Heritage (RCHME), 1987-1989, Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card (Photograph). SOX2063.

<14> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, Vol 26 (1996) p.44 (Serial). SOX5.

<15> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, Vol 24 (1994) p.48 (Serial). SOX5.

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