Description

THAME UPPER HIGH STREET SP7005NE (South-west side) 10/171 Nos.34 (Gallup Poll) and 35 24/04/51 (Garfield) (Formerly listed as Nos.33, 34 and 35)

GV II*

House, now office and dwelling. Mid C16; cross-wing to right added early C17; wing to left added late C17. Roughcast, on brick with areas of timber framing; C20 brick to ground floor left; C19 close-studded timber framing with roughcast infill to first floor left of centre; old plain-tile roof; brick stacks. Originally 4-bay hall house with 2-bay cross-wing to left. 2-storey, 4-window range. 6-panel part-glazed door to right of centre with C20 segmental hood. 4-panel door to left of centre with probably mid C16 timber-framed gabled porch, having 4-centred archway with decorated spandrels and shaped bargeboards. Late C20 three-light wood mullion and transom window to left. 3-light wood mullion and transom window to centre. Two 2-light wood mullion and transom windows to right. 2-light wood mullion and transom windows to first floor, except 3-light wood mullion and transom window to left. Cross-gables to left and right. 3-light leaded casement to right cross-gable. Brick end stack to right, ridge stack to left of centre. Wing to left: C20 brick to ground floor; roughcast, probably on timber framing to first floor; old plain-tile roof; brick end stack to left. 2-storey, 2-window range. C20 three-light wood casement to right. Carriageway to left. Two C20 two-light wood. casements to jettied first floor. Interior: closed well staircase to left of centre. C19 straight-flight staircase to right of centre. Arch-braced collar-truss roofs with windbraces to mid C16 building. Double queen-post roof to early C17 cross-wing. Massive open fireplace to ground floor centre with wood Tudor-arched surround having quatrefoil carvings and elongated chamfered spandrels. Early C17 stone fireplace to ground floor of early C17 cross-wing to right, with C19 marble fireplace in front. Massive chamfered spine beams and joists to ground floor. Fragments of C17 wall painting to first floor left. Series of wall paintings from first floor chamber removed (1972) to the Woodstock Museum. (Wall Paintings from a House in Upper High Street, Thame by M.R. Airs and J.G. Rhodes in Oxoniensa, p.235 et seq.).

Listing NGR: SP7081705726

External Links

• Wikidata Q17549457

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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