Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal
SOLAR AND ATTACHED WALL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE PREBENDAL, PRIEST END
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1047943
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal
- Statutory Address:
- SOLAR AND ATTACHED WALL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE PREBENDAL, PRIEST END
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1047943
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOLAR AND ATTACHED WALL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE PREBENDAL, PRIEST END
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SOLAR AND ATTACHED WALL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE PREBENDAL, PRIEST END
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thame
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 70201 06363
Details
THAME PRIEST END SP7006SW (North-west side) 8/145 Solar and attached wall 24/04/51 approx. ism. SM of the Prebendal (Formerly listed as Prebendal (comprising House, Chapel and block to west of Chapel, with connecting wall)
GV II*
Solar. C13, extended C14. Uncoursed stone rubble with ashlar stone dressings; old plain-tile roof; stone lateral stack with rebuilt flue to rear. 2-storey, 4-bay range. Plank doors to east end, ground and first floors. Irregular fenestration of stone mullion widows, some with reused masonry. Interior: straight-flight staircase from ground to first floors. First floor has stone hooded fireplace with C14 half-quatrefoil jambs and C20 stone hood. C14 four-bay crown-post roof. Wall connecting chapel and solar was end of C14 hall; it has C15 window with probably C19 Perpendicular tracery. History: a prebend was established c.l140, by the Bishop of Lincoln. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1979, p.812-4).
Listing NGR: SP7019806363
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248576
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 812-4
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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