Tower House
TOWER HOUSE, 96, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1125368
- Date first listed:
- 28-Oct-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Tower House
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER HOUSE, 96, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1125368
- Date first listed:
- 28-Oct-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Tower House
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER HOUSE, 96, HIGH STREET
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.
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:
- TOWER HOUSE, 96, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stony Stratford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 78577 40613
Details
1. 5135 HIGH STREET (North-East Side) Stony Stratford No 96 (Tower House) SP 7840 1/169
II GV
2. Earlier house rebuilt 1746, after fire and much altered in late C18. Refronted and heightened in mid C19. 3 storey brick with stone eaves cornice, quoins, rustication to doors at left and window heads. 4 windows. Shallow pitched slate roof. Sash windows with incised keys in heads; 2 three light windows on 1st floor and an oriel bay on left with 3 lights and a dentil cornice. Main entrance under 3rd window from left, wooden doorcase with thin pilasters and reeded brackets supporting a moulded cornice. North-east front rounded on 1st 2 floors. The rear extensions, partly brick and partly stone and tiled form a pleasant courtyard with a projecting coachhouse to the left and stables and a hay loft joining the rear extension of the house. Various windows, some round headed on brick stable and coachhouse blocks. latter has hipped gable to south-west. Interior has fine late C18 circular staircase with coved ceiling and gothick light.
Nos 62 to 86 (even), including Nos 66A, 70A and 86A, Nos 88 to 106 (even) and the former St Anthony Franciscan preparatory school form a group.
Listing NGR: SP7860940592
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 45534
- 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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