Cornbury House

In the civil parish of Cornbury And Wychwood.
In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).

Late C16 country house on the site of an alleged royal hunting lodge. Enlarged in 1632-3, with further alterations of 1663-77, c1850 and 1901-6. The latest alterations were demolished in 1972. Irregular courtyard plan with chapel. Cornbury was a hunting lodge in the Royal Forest of Wychwood and there is known to have been a house here in 1537. The rangership of Cornbury Park was granted to prominent and deserving courtiers, hence the employment of Stone and May, both members of the Office of Works in their time. Stone's wing was one of the earliest classical country house fronts in the country. Although the Forest of Wychwood is much reduced Cornbury House still stands in an extensive wooded deer park, with lakes and further woodland beyond.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 252455)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP35051817

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 334585

Books

Pevsner, N. and Sherwood, J., 1974, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (London) p553-5

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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