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Oxenford Farm

Coordinates: 51°10′51″N 0°40′06″W / 51.1807°N 0.6682°W / 51.1807; -0.6682
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51°10′51″N 0°40′06″W / 51.1807°N 0.6682°W / 51.1807; -0.6682

Oxenford Gate Lodge in 2013

Oxenford Farm is a former abbey farm, a dependency of Waverley Abbey in the civil parish of Witley,[1] Surrey, England, with several listed buildings around a courtyard, including three by Augustus Pugin.

Buildings

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The three highest listed buildings, at Grade II*, are Gothic revival buildings designed by Palace of Westminster-famed Gothic revivalist Augustus Pugin.[2]

  • Oxenford Gate Lodge - Grade II*[3] 1843-44 by Pugin; approached over a bridge; includes octagonal turret, gable crucifix (cross) and bellcote.
  • Granary and Farm Buildings at Oxenford Farm - Grade II*[4] 1843 by Pugin; buttressed and primarily built from ashlar dressed stone.
  • Barn at Oxenford Grange - Grade II*;[5] buttressed and primarily built from ashlar dressed stone.
  • Oxenford Grange Farm House - Grade II[6] possibly on medieval foundations but 17th, 19th and 20th century brick dressed sandstone rubble.
  • Oxenford Lodge - Grade II[7] 1763 by William Chambers also for the estate of Viscount Middleton

Remains of Oxenford Grange

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  • Remains of Oxenford Grange - Grade II[8] the walls survive; date uncertain, listed as reputed to be remains of this dependency of Waverley Abbey; consistent with 13-14th gothic architecture; destroyed before 1775 when Peper Harow House was erected instead of an intended house on this site for Viscount Middleton.

History

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Barn at Oxenford Grange

Richer de Aquila (L'Aigle) granted Oxenford to Waverley Abbey before 1147. It was a Cistercian monastery farming community for Waverley Abbey until 1536 when Oxenford was granted to Sir William Fitz William during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it was valued at £4 13s. 4d.[9]

The buildings are in recent times within the nearby Peper Harow estate.[9][10]

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The buildings and their surrounding grounds, near small woods less than 100 metres away to the south and west, were used as a location for Robin Hood (2010 film).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "OXENFORD GRANGE FARM HOUSE, Witley - 1097013 | Historic England".
  2. ^ a b "River Wey & Navigations : River Wey from Elstead and on to the Godalming Navigation". weyriver.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1096948)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1097014)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1334359)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1097013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1334298)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1096885)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Parishes: Witley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Parishes: Peper Harow | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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