2 and 2A, Abbey Street

2A, ABBEY STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1198217
Date first listed:
12-Sept-1973
List Entry Name:
2 and 2A, Abbey Street
Statutory Address:
2A, ABBEY STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1198217
Date first listed:
12-Sept-1973
Date of most recent amendment:
17-Oct-1988
List Entry Name:
2 and 2A, Abbey Street
Statutory Address 1:
2A, ABBEY STREET
Statutory Address 2:
ABBEY STONES, 2, ABBEY 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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
2A, ABBEY STREET
Statutory Address:
ABBEY STONES, 2, ABBEY STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Eynsham
National Grid Reference:
SP4321609210

Details

EYNSHAM ABBEY STREET
SP4309 (West side)
14/112 Nos.2 (Abbey Stones) and 2A
12/09/73 (Formerly listed under
Nos.2 to 12 (even))

GV II

House and flat. C15/C16: raised and completely remodelled c.1830. Coursed
limestone rubble; gabled stone slate roof; stone end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2
storeys and attic; 3-window range. Keyed flat stone arches (mainly
concrete-rendered) over early C19 four-panelled door with overlight, early C19
eight-pane sashes and one 4-pane sash above door; gabled dormers with C20
casements. No.2A, to left, has similar keyed arch over C20 door and timber
lintels over C20 windows. Outshut, heightened in C20, to rear. Interior:
remodelled open fireplace with chamfered stone jambs to right. Early C19
staircase with stick balusters. First floor not inspected. Drawing by J.C.
Buckler, 1826, shows a lower 2-storey late medieval or C16 building, the eaves
pitch of which can still be seen in the right gable wall.
(Bodleian Library, Oxford, M.S. Top, Oxon, c.551, f.113).


Listing NGR: SP4321609210

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
252189
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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