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Strattenborough Castle
Hob Uid: 1072498
Location : Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse Watchfield
Grid Ref : SU2374792116
Summary : Strattenborough Castle Farm. Built to double as a working farm (model farm) and eyecatcher for Coleshill House in 1792. Sham towers. A barn to the West of the main range contains a sham ruinous window, below which is a genuine C11th Norman tympanum.
More information : (SU237921) Strattenborough Castle Farm [NAT]. (1) Strattenborough Castle, built 1792 to double as a working farm and an eyecatcher for Coleshill House. The farmyard is on the South side of the house but the North wall rises above the roofline with one square and one polygonal sham tower at each end. A gabled barn to the East is balanced by one to the West which has a sham, partly ruinous window of 5 lights, below which is a genuine C11th Norman tympanum. Grade II. (2) 2nd Earl of Radnor, 1792. Strattenborough Castle Farm. Castellated. Designed as an eye catcher, it is a large farmhouse with two sham towers, arrow-slits, cross-windows, adn battlements. One of the barns has a stepped gable, the other a sham five-light window. Bits of genuine 11th century fabric built in. (3)

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Source details : OS 1:10000 1977
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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of Vale of White Horse, 31-Oct-1983
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1100
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Findspot
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1792
Monument End Date : 1792
Monument Start Date : 1792
Monument Type : Farmhouse, Barn, Folly, Model Farm
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Components and Objects:

Period : Medieval
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1368372
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 250619
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 29 SW 52
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Relationship type : General association

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