16 AND 16A, UPPER HIGH STREET
16 AND 16A, UPPER HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181075
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- 16 AND 16A, UPPER HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 16 AND 16A, UPPER HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181075
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- 16 AND 16A, UPPER HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 16 AND 16A, UPPER 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:
- 16 AND 16A, UPPER 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:
- Thame
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 70845 05782
Details
THAME UPPER HIGH STREET SP7005NE (North-east side) 10/157 Nos.16 and 16a 24/04/51 (Formerly listed as No.16)
GV II*
House, now 2 dwellings. C17, now forming part of cross-wing to rear; early C18 front range; mid C18 addition to right, raised late C19. Red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond; old plain-tile roof; brick end stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window range. 8-panel door to right of centre with Doric pilaster surround supporting cornice with metopes and triglyphs. 12-pane unhorned sashes with painted wood architrave surrounds to ground and first floor. Flat brick band between ground and first floor. 2 flat-roofed full dormers with 6-pane unhorned sashes. Addition to right: red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond; old plain-tile roof; brick ridge stack to right of centre. 2-storey, 3-window range. Panelled and studded double carriage doors to carriageway to right with painted wood thin Doric pilaster surround supporting cornice with metopes and triglyphs. 2 horned sashes without glazing bars to left and centre. Flat brick band between ground and first floors. Three 12-pane horned sashes with brick flat arches to first floor. Interior: dog-leg staircase with landings and baluster balustrade, to rear; possibly re-set fielded panelling to entrance hall; carved wood fireplace surround in Rococo style and doorcase surrounds in dining room to ground floor right, reputedly from Rycote Park; wood panelling to bedroom to first floor centre; Queen-post roof with windbraces to cross wing to rear. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1979, p.817).
Listing NGR: SP7084505782
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248588
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 817
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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