Chestnut House

Date:
15 May 2003
Location:
Chestnut House, Paines Hill, Steeple Aston, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX6 3SQ
Reference:
IOE01/10765/02
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

STEEPLE ASTON PAINES HILL SP4726, SP4725 (West side) 8/125, 9/125 Chestnut House GV II

House. C18. Brick in Flemish bond with limestone-ashlar dressings; limestone rubble; concrete plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. L plan with added outshut. 2 storeys plus attic and 2 storeys. Regular 3-window brick front, with ashlar plinth, storey band, rusticated quoins and moulded cornice, has a 3-window arrangement aligned to left of centre, consisting of 12-pane sashes with flush ashlar architraves, plus a central 6-panel door with blocked rectangular overlight below a panelled flat canopy on scroll brackets. "Farmers Fire and Life" insurance plaque set below cornice. Roof has stone gable parapets with projecting kneelers. Sides, rear and lower rear wing are in rubble.

Interior: large inglenook fireplace; panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: SP4763025997

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2063 IOE Records taken by Chris Tresise; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Chris Tresise. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Tresise, Chris

Rights Holder: Tresise, Chris

Keywords

Ashlar, Brick, Concrete, Limestone, Rubble, Tile, Stuart House, Georgian Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling