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Great kitchen of manor house is a medieval culinary structure located in Oxfordshire, England. The building survives as a substantial stone construction typical of high-status domestic architecture from the medieval period, featuring the robust stonework and proportions characteristic of purpose-built kitchens serving large manorial establishments. Such detached or semi-detached kitchen ranges were essential components of medieval manor houses, designed to contain fires, manage smoke, and operate at considerable distance from the principal residential chambers. The survival of this structure provides valuable evidence of medieval domestic planning and the specialized spaces required within aristocratic or gentry households.
Great kitchen of manor house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006369. View the official record →
Great kitchen of manor house is a medieval culinary structure located in Oxfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006369.
Great kitchen of manor house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006369.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Devil's Quoits (1 km), Prehistoric and later settlements near Northmoor (2.4 km), Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley Farm (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Great kitchen of manor house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Great kitchen of manor house stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.