Ye Olde Leathern Bottle Public House

YE OLDE LEATHERN BOTTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1059757
Date first listed:
08-Feb-1977
List Entry Name:
Ye Olde Leathern Bottle Public House
Statutory Address:
YE OLDE LEATHERN BOTTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1059757
Date first listed:
08-Feb-1977
Date of most recent amendment:
03-Apr-1987
List Entry Name:
Ye Olde Leathern Bottle Public House
Statutory Address 1:
YE OLDE LEATHERN BOTTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET

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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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
YE OLDE LEATHERN BOTTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Lewknor
National Grid Reference:
SU 71441 97550

Details

LEWKNOR HIGH STREET SU7197 (North side) 10/102 Ye Olde Leathern Bottle Public 08/02/77 House (Formerly listed as Ye Olde Leathern Bottel Inn)

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Public house. C17, remodelled in early C19. Originally timber-framed: stucco front, colourwashed brick to right and timber framing to left. Gabled Welsh slate roof; brick ridge stack. 2-unit lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys; 2-window range. Canted bays with sashes, and C20 door to right; first-floor 2-light casement to left and horizontal sliding sash to right. Rear stair turret flanked by outshut, and 2-storey bay of colourwashed brick. Double-gabled 2-storey rendered range to left of front; M-shaped Welsh slate roof, brick end stack, cast-iron post supports cantilevered first-floor front. Interior: chamfered and chamfered and stopped beams. First floor not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SU7144197550

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
248948
Legacy System:
LBS

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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