Cornwell, Oxfordshire
| Cornwell | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Cornwell village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP270271 |
| Location: | 51°56’32"N, 1°36’29"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 66 (2001) |
| Post town: | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode: | OX7 |
| Dialling code: | 01608 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Witney |
Cornwell is a small village at the western edge of Oxfordshire, about two and a half miles west of Chipping Norton, and close by the border with Gloucestershire, marked here by a lane five hundred yards west of the village. The 2001 Census recorded the parish's population as 66.
Manor
Cornwell is listed in the Domesday Book of 1096 as "Cornewelle".[1]
The manor house dates from the 16th or 17th century, with a dining room and library panelled in about 1640[2] and 17th century stables and dovecote.[3] It was the home of Sir Thomas Penyston, 1st Baronet and his family occupied the house until the 19th century. A new front was built onto the house in about 1750, and the drawing room has a fireplace in the style of Robert Adam.[2] In 1939 the architect Clough Williams-Ellis, who had designed Portmeirion in Caernarfonshire, restored the house, added a ballroom and laid out the gardens.[4] The house is a Grade II* listed building.[5]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church, St Peter, was originally Norman, and the chancel arch survives from this time.[6] Most of the windows are Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic additions.[2]
The church was rebuilt in 1830 and 1882, when the present west window was added.[6] The south door has a porch with a sundial.[7] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[8] The church is part of the parish of Little Compton, along with the churches of Chastleton, Daylesford and Little Rollright.
History
Some of the cottages in the village are 17th century.[3] In 1939 Williams-Ellis remodelled all the cottages in Cornwell and remodelled the former village school in neo-Georgian style as the village hall.[3]
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References
- ↑ Cornwell, Oxfordshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 556.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 557.
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 556–557.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1198747: Cornwell Manor (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 555–556.
- ↑ "Cornwell, St Peter". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/CornwellStPeter.htm.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1283726: Church of St Peter (Grade II* listing)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2
