Portwell House Great Faringdon, England

Listed Building Data

Portwell House has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1199689
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
10 November 1952
Name
PORTWELL HOUSE
Location
PORTWELL HOUSE, 27, MARKET PLACE
Parish
Great Faringdon
District
Vale of White Horse
County
Oxfordshire
Grid Reference
SU 28886 95614
Easting
428886.0000
Northing
195614.0000

Description

Early C17 stone range originally probably part of Crown Hotel, roughcast and much altered in C18. V-plan with narrow south front and diverging rear wings, one facing west to Market Place, other east to Crown courtyard. 2-storey and attic with steep stone tiled roofs.

Listed Building Description

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GREAT FARINGDON MARKET PLACE SU 2895

3/68 No 27 (Portwell House) (formerly listed as part 10.11.52 of Crown Hotel)

GV II

Early C17 stone range originally probably part of Crown Hotel, roughcast and much altered in C18. V-plan with narrow south front and diverging rear wings, one facing west to Market Place, other east to Crown courtyard. 2-storey and attic with steep stone tiled roofs. 2 large stone chimney bases, one on ridge and one at north end of east range. Truncated stone stacks on ridge and north end of west range. Roughcast walls with painted angle quoins and flat window surrounds to south and east fronts. Glazing bar sash windows. Parapet. South front, basement door, 3-window floor above with broader centre window, 2-window first floor. East front: 3 flat dormers, 5-window range. 7 windows to ground floor, 2 formerly doors. Raised plinth all round. West range: 2-storey on raised ground floor, slate roof, 5-window range, originally sash windows, some replaced by casements. North end 2-window range retains original sash windows, broad above and narrow to ground floor. Ground and first floor rooms in this section retain mid C18 fielded panelling.

Listing NGR: SU2888695614