The Old House
THE OLD HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193143
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193143
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 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:
- THE OLD HOUSE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Islip
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 52608 14191
Details
ISLIP HIGH STREET SP5214 (West side) 12/74 The Old House 26/11/51 (Formerly listed as The Old School House (The Old House), The Walk) - II School and school-house, now house. 1710 for Dr. Robert South, probably partly rebuilt late C18/early C19. Random and coursed limestone rubble with some ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate and artificial stone-slate roofs with rubble and brick stacks. T plan. 2 storeys plus attic and one storey plus attic. Symmetrical 3-window front of school-house has 3 tall renewed 2-light casements at each floor below flat arches with projecting keyblocks; roof has 2 large gabled C19 roof dormers. Gable walls have stacks, the rubble chimney projection to left very large with stone-slated offsets. Lower rear wing, which returns to right at the far end, has large segmental-arched windows and was formerly the school rooms; it is probably C18 but a re-set plaque with a moulded border commemorates the school's foundation in 1710. Small single-storey annexe attached to right rear angle of house has a large projecting stone stack and was probably a kitchen. Interior not inspected. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, p.218; Buildings of England; Oxfordshire, p.665).
Listing NGR: SP5260814191
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 243312
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1959), 218
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 665
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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