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Leys Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6894 / 51°41'21"N

Longitude: -1.1854 / 1°11'7"W

OS Eastings: 456409

OS Northings: 199276

OS Grid: SU564992

Mapcode National: GBR 900.14L

Mapcode Global: VHCY2.DSQR

Plus Code: 9C3WMRQ7+QV

Entry Name: Leys Cottage

Listing Date: 28 January 1986

Last Amended: 19 August 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1193207

English Heritage Legacy ID: 248264

ID on this website: 101193207

Location: Marsh Baldon, South Oxfordshire, OX44

County: Oxfordshire

District: South Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Marsh Baldon

Built-Up Area: Marsh Baldon

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Marsh Baldon with Toot Baldon and Nuneham Courtenay

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: Cottage Thatched cottage

Description


MARSH BALDON THE GREEN SU5699 (South side) 10/27 No.42 Marsh Baldon and Leys 18/07/63 Cottage (Formerly listed as No.42, Marsh Baldon)

GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. C16/early C17. Timber framing with colourwashed brick and plastered infill with some limestone rubble and brick; thatch roof with brick ridge stacks. 2-unit plan with end outshut. 2 storeys plus attics and one storey plus attics. 3 bays to right of 4-window front are higher, the central and right bays of Which are fully framed and include the entrance, below a single-light leaded casement, with 2-light casements to right. Bay to left of the entrance has first-floor framing and 3-light casements. Lower bay to extreme left has heavy framing with diagonal braces and may be the earliest sections it has an old plank door, a 3-light leaded casement and a small 3-light leaded dormer. Outshut against left gable is also framed, with a 2-light casement. Roof is half-hipped. Right gable wall is rubble and rear is largely rebuilt, retaining C18 leaded casements. Interior: central unit has stop-chamfered beams and joists, and a large open fireplace with an arched and chamfered bressumer; quarter-turn stair in right unit.

Listing NGR: SU5640999276

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