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Balscote is a village in the civil parish of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, about west of Banbury. Its toponym is sometimes spelt Balscott. ==Buildings== The earliest features of the Church of England parish church of St. Mary Magdalene include a Norman font and an Early English style window. Most of the present church building is 14th century, in the Decorated Gothic style.〔Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 428〕 St. Mary Magdalene's is now one of eight ecclesiastical parishes in the Ironstone Benefice.〔(St Peter's Church Hanwell: The Ironstone Benefice Churches )〕 Many of Balscote's buildings are of local Hornton Stone. Priory Farm is a 14th-century hall, extended in the 15th century and modernised in the 17th and 18th centuries. Grange Farm is a 15th- or early 16th-century house, extended and modernised in the 17th and 18th centuries. Both houses may have been built by the owners of nearby Wroxton Abbey.〔Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pages 428-429〕 Balscote has one public house, The Butchers Arms, which belongs to the Hook Norton Brewery.〔(The Butchers Arms )〕 Since 1997 Balscote Village Hall Trust, a registered charity, has been planning and fund-raising to build a community hall.〔(Balscote Village website )〕 Work started in October and the Timber Structure was delivered on site, this is expected to be ready by early November 2010 after more than 13 years of Fund Raising and Planning. The Structure is being supplied and built by Timberworks Europe,〔()〕 who specialise in Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Timber Buildings for both Domestic and Commercial use. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balscote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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