Kencot, Oxfordshire

Kencot is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Carterton in West Oxfordshire.

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint George is Norman. Features from this period include the south doorway, whose tympanum contains a relief of Sagittarius shooting a monster, and a former doorway in the north wall. The openings of the chancel windows are 13th century but the windows themselves are modern. The ground stage of the bell tower was built in about 1300 and the present chancel arch was built early in the 14th century. High in the south wall of the nave are two windows in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the upper stages of the tower were completed in late Perpendicular style in about 1500.

Red Rose Close was built in the 17th century, in 1650 according to its date-stone. Manor Farm house was built in the 17th century and altered in the 18th century. Kencot House is a seven-bayed house built early in the 18th century.

RAF Broadwell

RAF Broadwell was built in 1943 on land in the parish 1 mile (2 km) north of the village. The airfield was in service until 1947 and was used by Royal Air Force Transport Command.