Description

BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET AND SIGNET (East Side) SP2512 (Enlargement) Corner House Hotel 7/78 12.9.55

GV II

House restored as hotel. Early C16 but entirely restored in early C20. Rubble on ground floor, timber-frame on 1st floor, Cotswold stone roof. 2 storeys and attic; 4 hipped dormers, rubble end chimneys. 1st floor close-studded with 4 windows, 3- and 4- light arch-headed lancets with moulded heads, moulded strings over ground floor. 2 windows on ground floor, 4-light chamfered mullion type with king mullions. Central Tudor arched doorway (also new.). Right hand ground floor corner chamfered back with mullion window on splay and 2 Tudor arches (to West and to South) supported on chamfered corner pier. Gabled return to Witney Street also looks C20. 3-bay 2-storey-and-attic extension to West is probably C17 though with C20 casements; a further 2-storey extension is probably C17 or early C18. Interior ground floor room retains massive probably C16 spine beam with pyramidal stops.

Listing NGR: SP2516312181

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)