Marsh Gibbon Conservation Area

MARSH GIBBON CONSERVATION AREA Designated 16th July 1980

Marsh Gibbon is situated to the north of the A41 Aylesbury to Bicester Road some 4 miles to the east of Bicester. The village originally consisted of a string of fairly loose knit farm holdings but new development, particularly since the turn of the century, has resulted in the gradual infilling of this loose framework. The farms around which the village grew are still functioning but the new housing consists largely of the homes of those working outside the village. Much of the old village remains intact, however, particularly at the western end.

G r ee n w ay s

The Dormers

Newhaven

El Sub Sta 74.5 m LITTLE MARSH ROAD Trevane MILL FIE LD AVE 73.7 m 75.4 m

Tythe Cottage Tythe

Swan B arn MILLFIELD AVENUEMILL FIECLOSE LD

Col le ge

Drain The

The

Hon eysuckle

The Cottage Upp ings

STATION ROAD STATION Meadoway Parkers Cottage Little Marsh

Nampara Cottage The Homestead

Rectory v

Cottage Cottage

v Lillac Tree Cottage v

Little Marsh Little

Ashbo urne House

Ash bou rne C ot tage s 74.2 m Harbou rne Po nd Po nd Oak 72.8 m

Cottage

o ege le Col

l reC tage tt Co m Tree Plu Lea Sunnymeade PO

Drain The

Noo k

Sl ur ry P i t v

Hi ll Vi ew v Po nd

Geraden

Swan H ou se

Sl ur ry P i t

Po nd St Mary’s Church The Old RE CT O RY Swan

CLO S E SWAN LAN E

BM 70.8 m El S u b St a 75.7 4m

SCOTTS CLOSE Lych Gate

72.7 m Marsh Gibbon Cottage C of E Marsh Gibbon Old School School The Ma nor Hous e The Ol d S chool Lod ge Rectory Swan Far m The Ol d School Canbra Sh elt er

Old White Hart 70.3 m CA ST LE STR E ET 70.1 m 70.4 m 69.3 m El S u b St a Longherdo n Farmho use Po nd Box Fa rm Hom e

WARE LEYS Old Red onLi Farm Field Reading Roo m Hou se The Ol d Co ttage 69.0 m CA ST LE STR E ET

Village Stores GP The Plough STR EE T Pp Longherdo n

Pensf old Ros e

(P H) SUFFOLK COURT LB CHURCH Cottage

CLEMENTS CA ST LE

Mayfield TCB LB CLO S E 69.4 m CL Cr om w e ll 68.6 m 67.2 m Ho us e Trevala ineCo nw a y

FORGE Midd le F arm 67.7 m Leopold

CLO S E The Farm Mil lstones The Wil lo ws Popl ars GP Forge House

Ware Farm

67.3 m

Ta m a r LANE BI CE ST ER R O A D

FB Ware Pond The WE ST ED G E Drain Cr of t Gemin i

Garag e 67.2 m The Ol d Gemin i The Cou rt The

Manse Manse Mar sh Gi bb on Br ooks ide BM 66.93m Westbury United Reforme d Church Manor BI CE ST ER R O A D Scr ambles Westbury Leopold Po nd Maylam Grange Qu illy’s Farm Ho us e Byways Clementeen Westm or land Style s

Edg e

Drain Greenw ood The Lodge Tenn is Cou rt

Limes Deva

WE ST ED G E Redstocks Po nd s The Leo nor Gero an Tenn is Brambles Courts Ja l n a TOMPKINS LANE St retf ord End Edgeways Moat View Po nd Meadowcroft Ros e The MO AT LA NE Cottage Leverets Path (um)

Omega The

Pear Tree Farm Vine Bays

STYLES CL Industrial Units Hou se

The Hall LawnsideFleur de Lys Co ttage CLEMENTS LANE

FarmPond

The Squi rrels

Laurels Thatch Pea r Tr ee Farm Me rc ia Allotment Greyh ou nd 67.5 m Wi lm a Town’s End Farm (P H) Rivendell Ga r den s

LB Cemetery

67.8 m Westbury Terra ce nowe Builder’s The The Ol d Po nd o se Hou Manse en c Bi Yard Paddocks Essex e v o Gr

Sun nyside usHo e West Stonehouse FarmHou se O r ch ar d 67.2 m

The

end End Po nd Cottage Farm Sun nyside nd Ho us e The

Hi ll na Ke e v Cottage BM 67.82m Allotment Jacobs Well Drain View The Gard ens Ba r n Judges Close 65.8 m Clover WHALES LANE Riven dell Po nd Hayes TOWNSEND The Masons Pri ory Wh it e R ail s BM 69.63m Villa Spiers Court Summerstown Gate Warren Not to a recognised Prio ry scale 68.0 m Farm The 64.9 m Prio ry Scotts House Wa l ke r s Ewelm e Cotts Cottage Po nd Mason’s Scot ts Farmho use Hou se

Cott. Grenlyn

Wisteria Po nd Cottage Aylesbury Vale District Council. Po nd

SPIER’S LANE

SCOTTS Licence No 100019797 2008 Drain New Swan Farm 65 4

The attraction of the village lies in its meandering street pattern, the rubble limestone, clay tile and thatched buildings, the long sweeps of linking stone boundary walls and wide grass verges. Of particular interest are the farm buildings which form an integral part of the street scene.

Lim De va d Historically, the village is connected with WEST EDGE Ponds The Leonor Ger oan Brambles

TOMPKIN S LA NE Ewelme in Oxfordshire, the manor being part of Str etfo rd En d Edgeways Moat View

Rose The Cottage an endowment of the hospital at Ewelme. The Leverets

Omega The

ee Farm Vi ne

Bays ial Units House STYLES CL

stone cottages erected by the Ewelme Almhouses Th e LawnsideFleur de Lys Cottage

Po nd

Farm

Trustees in the late 19th century are to be found The Sq uirrels Laurels Thatch Pear Tree Fa rm Mercia Greyhound 67.5m

throughout the village and are notable in that nd Fa rm (PH)

67.8m

they are examples of the rural housing movement The The Old Paddocks Manse Essex

Sunnyside West House Stonehouse Orchard Fa rm En d Th e Cottage Farm Sunnyside led by Sir Henry W. Acland, a trustee of the House T

Hill Ke ve na Co Vi ew The Barn Judges Close

TOWNSEND The Ewelme Estate. Masons Priory White Rails BM 69 .6 3m Gate Villa Wa r re n

Pr io ry The Farm Scotts House Cotts Pr io ry Mason’s Sco tts House

Cott. Gr enlyn The character of the village changes substantially Wisteria Pond Cottage along its length. At the western end, Townsend Not to a recognised scale is a close-knit area of informally grouped © Crown Copyright.SC OTTS LAN E All rights reserved. Aylesbury Vale District Council. cottages and farm buildings. Buildings are set at Licence No 100019797 2008 right angles to the road and to a second plane, 1 linked by stone boundary walls. Marsh Gibbon Conservation Area

Travelling eastwards from Townsend the road divides into two. Whales Lane branches southwards, bounded on the northern side by one or two more significant open paddocks in the village surrounded by a mature hedgerow. Church Street runs northwards from the junction and then takes a sharp turn eastwards, towards the centre of the village, and forms the northern perimeter of the paddock. The junction of Bicester Road and Church Street when viewed from both roads is particularly attractive, and the buildings clustered around the junction form important focal points from all three directions.

On the northern side of Church Street is Acland Terrace, four pairs of Ewelme cottages set back

from the frontage, all having steep gables, tiled roofs, and stone mullions and quoins.

Trevane

Tythe Cottage

Swan Barn

College Drain

The

Honeysuckle The Cottage

STATION ROAD Parkers Cottage

Nampara Cottage

Lillac Tree Cottage Ashbourne House Harbourne Ashbourne Cottages 74.2m Pond

Cottage

College

Plum Tree Cottage Sunnymeade PO Drain Slurry Pit Hill View

Slurry Pit

Pond St Mary’s Church RECTORY

BM El Sub Sta 75.74m

Lych Gate

72.7m Marsh G

Cottage

Old School Marsh Gibbon S Manor House The Old School Lodge

The Old School Canbra Shelter Old White Hart 70.3m 70.4m El Sub Sta

Box Farm WARE LEYS Old Red Lion Field Reading Room House The Old Cottage 69.0m GP Village Stores Pp The Plough sfold STREET Rose

(PH) CHURCH Cottage

CLEMENTS TCB LB

CL Cromwell 67.2m House TrevalaineConway FORGE Middle Farm The CLOSE Millstones The Willows Poplars GP Forge House

Ware Farm

TER ROAD

Ta ma r LANE

FB Ware Pond The WEST EDGE Croft Gemini

Gemini

CourtThe

Brookside Westbury Manor Westbury m Pond bles Grange Clementeen

Greenwood

Lodge Tennis Court Redstocks Ten nis EDG Courts E Not to a recognised scale Jalna © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Moat View Aylesbury Vale District Council.Pond Meadowcroft MOAT L Licence No 100019797 2008 Path (um) AN

The centre of the village is marked by the junction of Church Street and Castle Street with Clements Lane branching off southwards. This length of Church Street provides some of the best townscape views in the village. The Church and Manor House are set amongst trees, and the buildings grouped around the two junctions are amongst the most important in the village from both the architectural and historic standpoint. They are all generally linked with stone walls and terminate views from all directions. The College is an interesting group of informally laid out cottages interspersed with footpaths lying to the north of the Church.

2 Marsh Gibbon Conservation Area

The eastern end of the village is characterised 74.5m by widely dispersed Ewelme Trust cottages LITTLE MARSH ROAD 75.4m and groups of farm buildings. Of particular importance is the 10 acre (4 hectares) paddock lying between Swan Lane and the Little Marsh The Homestead

Rectory

Cottage Cottage

Trust cottages in Scotts Close. Extensive views Little Marsh southwards to the Brill Hills are afforded Pond through the undeveloped frontage south of

Castle Street. The character is predominantly Pond rural with wide verges and flanking hedgerows and contrasts strongly with the sense of enclosure generated at the western end of the village.

SCOTTS CLOSE

CASTLE STREET

December 2008