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The Crown Inn was situated on Stonor Road.  This grade-II listed pub closed in March 2020 during Covid and was put up for sale in 2021. The accompanying thatched barn and stables are also Grade II listed.

An entry in the 2012 "Good Beer Guide" described its history as featuring "smuggling, murder, religious conflict, seductive wenches and a ghost". The property was purchased by "Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm Ltd", owned by the entertainer and activist, Russell Brand, whose application to turn it into a recording studio, and office space for his independent video series, a community hub in the barn and food and drink outlet in the stables, was rejected by South Oxfordshire Planning Committee objections from locals and professionals in the pub sector, including 53 from neighbours. It was said the proposals would in no way compensate for the loss of the pub. The application provided no evidence to show it was economically unviable as a pub.

Source: Kathryn Ludlow

Listed building details:

House, now public house. C17 left range with front bay added in C18; early C18 to right. Exposed queen-post truss and timber framing to rear of left wing, which has left side wall of Flemish bond brick and C18 front bay of flint rubble with brick crossbanding; right range of Flemish bond brick with flint rubble to rear. Old tile roof; brick stacks. L-plan. 2-storey left gable wall has segmental arches over C20 windows; right wing of 2 storeys and attic: 3-window range has late C19 flint and brick porch to C20 door, segmental arches of alternate red and flared brick voussoirs over C20 windows and three C20 gabled dormers. Gabled roof; ridge, gable end and right end stacks. Interior: chamfered beams, one with mortice holes for transverse partition. First floor not inspected but likely to be of interest.

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