High Street (east): No. 83

Beams and a 16th-century doorhead with a four-centred arch, both in the side passage, suggest a medieval origin for this house, but no details are known before the 1730s when it was owned with Nos. 75–81 (above).  Tenants included a poulterer (1740s–70s), an ironmonger and coal man (1820s–40s), and a grocer (1860s–90s), and in the late 20th and early 21st century it was a post office. The façade, which retains fragments of limewash, is early 19th-century, while the Welsh-slate roof, shopfront, and bordered sash windows date from the later part of the century. The rear outbuildings, now two cottages, are also 19th-century.

(Photo by Mark Casson, Oxfordshire Buildings Record)