Aston Subedge

An orchard near Aston Subedge to the south of Norton Grounds Farm.

Aston Subedge church viewed from the south, the undulations in the ground in the foreground suggest this may have been the site of an earlier village. The church is dedicated to St Andrew.

The B4035 passing through a small wood above Aston Subedge.

Country road junction with the B4081 above Chipping Campden.

The tower of Chipping Campden church can be seen over the brow of the hill.

View from the B4081 over farmland above Middle Norton Farm which can be seen in the centre in the middle distance.

The B4081 about one mile to the south of the village of Mickleton.

The B4081 passing under the Cotswold Railway to the south of Mickleton.

Mickleton Road junction with the B4632 to the south-west of Mickleton.

An old Dutch barn in an arable field near Norton Hall to the west of the village of Mickleton. Meon Hill can be seen in the background.

The field inclines to the hedgerow to the left behind which is the Oxford to Worcester railway line.

Aston Subedge church is dedicated to St Andrew and dates from the 1790s. The church is Grade II* listed. Historic England description Anglican Parish Church. 1797. By Thomas Johnson of Warwick for Lord Harroby. Ashlar limestone with purple slate roof. Flat limestone copying at gable ends and heavily moulded stone eaves cornice. Nave and chancel with 3-sided apse. Gothic style with neo-Greek west bellcote. 3-windowed nave. 2 windows light apse. All windows probably C19, pointed with 'Y' tracery. 3 steps up to door in pointed archway in west gable end. Scratch sundial on south wall. Eroded early C19 memorial to members of the Green family of Saintbury on north wall. Decorative ironwork weather vane on bellcote. Interior: Simple nave with barrel-vaulted plastered ceiling and C18 wooden gallery with fielded panelled front supported by wood Tuscan order columns supported on pew backs. Single step up to chancel through pointed arch. Original C18 font inside door. Gallery retains original pews. Other pews C19 except in south east corner of nave where some original along-the-wall seating remains. C18 wood pulpit with tester adjacent. Late C17 tombstones in floor of nave. 3 wall tablets to members of the Harrowby family in chancel. Fittings for gas lighting at east end of nave and on west wall of gallery. (David Verey, The Buildings of England: The Cotswolds 1979) Source: Link

An impressive Cotswold stone manor house in the village of Aston Subedge dating from the 16th century. The garden is also very attractive, laid out in a style contemporary to the house. In the early 17th century this was home to Endymion Porter, Ambassador to Charles I. Prince Rupert was a frequent visitor to this house. The house is Grade II* listed. Historic England description Manor House. C16, C17 with C19 modifications. Ashlar centre block, close stud timber frame and coursed dressed stone right wing, left wing of coursed squared limestone, all with limestone slate roof and coped gables, 5 with ball finials. Small brick stack to gable of right wing, central block coursed rubble at back, one flush stack with 3 diagonal flues and two projecting limestone stacks, one 2-flue the other one-flue, all 3 brick. Plan in three parts with early wing projecting right, central block left, with staircase wing projecting forwards left, all forming flat 'U'. Staircase turret projects back left. 2 storeys with attic storey. 2, 3 and 4-light flat-chamfered mullioned casements with leaded lights and transoms on ground and first floors, stopped hood to first floor and gable windows. Continuous string over ground floor windows, returned over first window to left wing, 4-light windows with king mullions. Centre block has 3 Cotswold gables. C19 plank front door off centre left, in chamfered 4-centred flush opening gable to early block right has 2 small single light chamfered casements to attic and remains of window hood in framing concealed by later lean-to attached to left wall. Projecting left wing has principal gable at front and Cotswold gable from eaves left, 2 storeys and attic storey over, 2 windowed, left wall C16 window with 3 slightly pointed, round headed lights. Two 4-light flat-chamfered mullioned casements with king mullions in principal gable, and 2-light flat-chamfered mullioned casements, with transoms to ground and first floors. Left stair turret has 2 small single lights, the lower one pointed. From rear: 2 storey gable left, with C19 casements. 2 storey main body with two 3-light and one 4-light later C16 casements with rounded heads, over; two similar 3-light windows at ground floor, plus one 5-light and one 3-light hollow chamfered, stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds, flanking external stack. Far left set low is blocked C16 single light with cusping, probably originally fire window, but said to have contained effigy. Small door in 4-centred opening centrally. Over this a stone with inscription 'EX DONO/AMANTISSIME MATRIS/DESIDERATISIME/ FRANCISCAE STUART/COMITISSAE DE HARROWBY AD 1855. Interior: Right wing. Tie beams with stepped mouldings and stepped decoration at regular intervals along sides. Square hole, now blocked, possibly for giving alms, in right hand wall obscured by later buildings. Main Block: Large stone fireplace with 4- centred arch, right corner at rear. Main staircase Cl9 (possibly copy of original). Late C16/C17 stone fireplace with roll moulded 4-centred arch in room left of hallway. Room far left has stone fireplace and 4-centre arched doorway to stair turret projection left. C17 dog-leg staircase with turned balusters in forward part of left wing. Ground floor only inspected. First and second floors used as granary/hay loft C19. Endymion Porter (born 1587) an ambassador to Charles I, lived here. Prince Rupert was a frequent guest. Source: Link

Cotswold stone house and parish hall, on the right in the village of Aston Subedge.

Cotswold stone built barn on Manor Farm, Aston Subedge. The building is Grade II listed. Historic England description: Threshing barn with stables left, built as one. Mid to late C19. Coursed squared and dressed limestone with limestone slate roofing. Stables extended back at left end. Barn single storey, stables with hayloft over. Barn: 5 bays, 2 ventilation slits with lattice work grills either side of large, central double door, with segmental purple brick arch with gable over. Similar smaller door to rear. Plank door with segmental brick head far left. Stables: one, 2-light, flat chamfered, stone-mullioned window. Similar flanking double door with segmental brick head in left. Roof timbers of threshing barn C20 queen posts with struts. Source: Link

Gardener's Farmhouse in the village of Aston Subedge is Grade II listed. Historic England description: Farmhouse. 1631 on datestone left gable end. Late C17 extension at centre to rear. C20 extension rear left not of listable quality. Ashlar limestone ground floor, left gable end and extension at centre to rear. First floor close studded timber framing with rendered infill panels, braced at corners. Continuous moulded limestone string course between limestone ground floor and timber frame first floor. Part of back wall, first floor, red brick. Limestone slate roof. Central group of 4 ashlar limestone chimney stacks. Twin ashlar stack at left gable end. One room deep. 2 storeys and attic lit by 2 gabled dormers from roof. Cellar under right end. 3-windowed. Large C20, 2 and 3-light mullioned and transomed metal casements with leaded lights. 2-light, flat chamfered stone-mullioned cellar window, now blocked, lower right. Stone mullioned windows with stopped hoods in left gable end also. Single, 3-light, ovolo moulded, wood mullioned window, now blocked in right gable end. Two steps up to 6-panel C19 door in with rool moulded surround, off centre left. Source:Link