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Oxenford Farm is a former abbey farm, a dependency of Waverley Abbey in the civil parish of Witley,
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.
The buildings are in recent times within the nearby
Oxenford Farm is a former abbey farm, a dependency of Waverley Abbey in the civil parish of Witley, Surrey
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, England, with several listed buildings around a courtyard, including three by Augustus Pugin.
Buildings
The three highest listed buildings, at Grade II*, areGothic revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
buildings designed by Palace of Westminster
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-famed Gothic revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
ist Augustus Pugin.
*Oxenford Gate Lodge - Grade II* 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* 1843 by Pugin; buttressed and primarily built from ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
dressed stone.
*Barn at Oxenford Grange - Grade II*; buttressed and primarily built from ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
dressed stone.
*Oxenford Grange Farm House - Grade II possibly on medieval foundations but 17th, 19th and 20th century brick dressed sandstone rubble.
*Oxenford Lodge - Grade II 1763 by William Chambers also for the estate of Viscount Middleton
Viscount Midleton, of Midleton in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1717 for Alan Brodrick, 1st Baron Brodrick, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and former Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. He wa ...
Remains of Oxenford Grange
*Remains of Oxenford Grange - Grade II 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 whenPeper Harow
Peper Harow is a rural village and civil parish in south-west Surrey close to the town of Godalming. It was a noted early cricket venue. Its easternmost fields are in part given up to the A3 trunk road.
Location and history
The name "Peper Haro ...
House was erected instead of an intended house on this site for Viscount Middleton
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.
History
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.
The buildings are in recent times within the nearby Peper Harow
Peper Harow is a rural village and civil parish in south-west Surrey close to the town of Godalming. It was a noted early cricket venue. Its easternmost fields are in part given up to the A3 trunk road.
Location and history
The name "Peper Haro ...
estate.
Popular culture
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)
''Robin Hood'' is a 2010 action film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, and Max von Sydow.
Deve ...
''.
References
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20120424045321/http://www.peperharow.info/oxenfrd.htm Gothic Revival architecture in Surrey Archaeological sites in Surrey