Woodperry House
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Woodperry House located in Stanton St John, South Oxfordshire, England,is a Grade II listed building house.
Woodperry was built from 1728 for John Morse, a London goldsmith and partner in Child & Co. Morse owned a house in Woodstock at the entrance to Blenheim Palace that influenced the design, with the final Palladian style attributed to Oxford architect William Townsend.[1] Townsend also was the master mason on the Clarendon Building designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with the front of Woodperry similar to Clarendon. Thomas Fawsett was the principal joiner, and Charles Scriven the glazier.[2] The final house cost £12,000.[1]
Woodperry was built from 1728 for John Morse, a London goldsmith and partner in Child & Co. Morse owned a house in Woodstock at the entrance to Blenheim Palace that influenced the design, with the final Palladian style attributed to Oxford architect William Townsend.[1] Townsend also was the master mason on the Clarendon Building designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with the front of Woodperry similar to Clarendon. Thomas Fawsett was the principal joiner, and Charles Scriven the glazier.[2] The final house cost £12,000.[1]
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Coordinates: 51°47'21"N 1°9'59"W
- Holly Wood 0.8 km
- Stanton Greater Wood 1.1 km
- Beckley 1.9 km
- Lye Valley 5.3 km
- Blackbird Leys 7.8 km
- Railway marginal woodland 8.3 km
- Botley 11 km
- Radley Lakes 14 km
- Earth Trust - Arable field and deposition area (Field name: Butts East and West) 18 km
- Bessie's Field 18 km
- Stanton Little Wood 1.4 km
- Stow Wood 1.7 km
- Stanton Greater Wood 1.7 km
- Rifle Range 2.4 km
- Sydlings Copse 2.5 km
- Cold War Emergency Centre 4.5 km
- Parish Church of St Andrew, Oddington 5 km
- St Andrew’s Churchyard 5 km
- The Nut Tree, Murcott 5.3 km