Witney Street, Burford, Oxfordshire OX18, 6 bedroom detached house for sale -

Savills - Stow-on-the-Wold

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£4,250,000

Witney Street, Burford, Oxfordshire OX18, 6 bedroom detached house for sale -

Price:

£4,250,000

Location:

Taynton, Oxon

Description:

A historic and fascinating Grade II detached house in a highly regarded market town Description Architectural Significance Situated in the heart of Burford, The Great House, a superb English Baroque town house, “looms like an Italian palazzo amidst shops and cottages”, delighting visitors to the town with its magnificence. The Great House is Grade II listed being of special interest, ” warranting every effort to preserve it”. The house wears this distinction with great ease, combining a gracious seven bay façade, many wonderful period features and modern comforts. The Great House was constructed in Ashlar stone from a quarry in nearby Taynton, beneath a hipped Cotswold stone roof over four storeys and seven bays. Semi-circular steps lead up to a magnificent pedimented doorway. The first-floor windows have alternating triangular and segmental pediments and round and octagonal attic windows in rectangular frames. The unusual castellated parapet is a nod to Dr John Castle, a prominent and prosperous physician, who commissioned the property. The identity of the architect is unknown but characteristics within the property suggest the involvement of Christopher Kempster or Nicholas Hawksmoor, both contemporaries of Sir Christopher Wren. Historical Significance Dating from about 1680 The Great House was built on the site of the Black Boy Inn which Dr Castle had inherited. The property retains the Inn’s cellars and as such has unusually high ceilings with what is believed to be original ovens and wine alcoves. The property was acquired by Thomas Fettiplace, member of a local Jacobite landowning family, between 1746 and 1765 and it is likely that he extended the property to the rear. The Great House is a truly distinguished property with historic, literary and political connections. At one time it was occupied by friends of the diarist and novelist Fanny Burney who visited as did Dr Samuel Johnson, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic,. Still available at ListedBuy!

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May 18 on ListedBuy