Frenches Cottage
FRENCHES COTTAGE, 28, THE AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193359
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Frenches Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- FRENCHES COTTAGE, 28, THE AVENUE
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- Date:
- 2002-08-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/07113/28
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193359
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1956
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Frenches Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- FRENCHES COTTAGE, 28, THE AVENUE
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:
- FRENCHES COTTAGE, 28, THE AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Tew
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 39616 29340
Details
GREAT TEW THE AVENUE SP3929 (East side) 10/69 No.28 (Frenches Cottage) 27/08/56 (Formerly listed as Cottage No.28) GV II House. C17, remodelled and extended early C19 and altered C20. Coursed squared marlstone; thatch and shingle roofs with limestone-ashlar and brick stacks. Single-unit plan extended to 3 units. 2 storeys plus attic. Higher thatched C17 bay, to right, has a plank door and a 2-light leaded stone-mullioned window with label at ground floor, and has, at first floor, a C19 lattice casement with chamfered stone surround and label. Later bays have an irregular arrangement including a buttress, a segmental-arched doorway, a small chamfered opening, a further 2-light leaded casement with label and 3 other leaded casements with renewed lintels. Upper part of wall and left gable wall are probably C20. Later bays have a central brick stack, and an ashlar stack rises from the left gable parapet of the thatched bay. Right gable wall, facing road, has leaded chamfered windows with labels to 3 floors, interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SP3961629340
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 251881
- 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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