The Old School House
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, A423
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193390
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, A423
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193390
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Aug-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, A423
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 SCHOOL HOUSE, A423
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Nuneham Courtenay
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 55287 99160
Details
NUNEHAM COURTENAY A423 SU5599 (West side) 9/71 The Old School House 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as School House)
GV II
School house, now house. Mid C18. Brick in Flemish bond; old plain-tile roofs with rebuilt brick stacks. 2-unit plan with end outshuts. 2 storeys plus attic. Symmetrical 3-window front, with storey band and dentil eaves course, has 2-light casements at first floor, and a central 4-panel door with a rectangular overlight and a flat canopy on brackets. The flanking windows have been altered to 3-light casements. End outshuts are slightly recessed and have segmental-arched windows, blind to right. Hipped main roof with 2 gabled roof dormers and 2 tall stacks rising from the rear. Interior not inspected. Part of the estate village built c.1760 for the 1st Earl Harcourt. (H. Batey, "Nuneham Courtenay, an Oxfordshire C18 deserted village", Oxoniensia Vol.33, 1968, p.108).
Listing NGR: SU5528799160
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248308
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Oxoniensia in Oxoniensia, Vol. 33, (1968), 108
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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