The Croft
THE CROFT, 81, BRIZE NORTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200233
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1977
- List Entry Name:
- The Croft
- Statutory Address:
- THE CROFT, 81, BRIZE NORTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200233
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1977
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Aug-1989
- List Entry Name:
- The Croft
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CROFT, 81, BRIZE NORTON ROAD
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 CROFT, 81, BRIZE NORTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Minster Lovell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP3128210228
Details
MINSTER LOVELL BRIZE NORTON ROAD
SP3110 (East side)
Charterville
20/79 No.81 (The Croft)
07/07/77 (Formerly listed as No.81)
- II
Chartist bungalow. Circa 1847. Rendered stone rubble with render quoins to
corners; slate hipped roof; rendered stone end stacks and central stack to rear.
Single-storey, 3-bay range. Central bay projects forward. Glazed porch to centre
with glazed door. C20 single-light casements to left and right of centre.
2-light casements to left and right. Cross-gable to centre bay with quatrefoil
ventilation stone. Interior not inspected. History: Charterville was the third
of five estates established by the National Land Company. Company formed by
Feargus O'Connor in 1845 to enable people from factory towns to live on small
holdings and qualify for a vote. The Land Company ran into difficulties and was
dissolved in July 1851.
(Working-Class Housing in Oxfordshire, by Crispin Paine, et al. in "Oxoniensia"
vol 43, 1978, p206-212; Charterville and the Chartist Land Company, by Kate
Tiller in "0x-Dniensia" vol 50, 1985, p251-266)
Listing NGR: SP3128210228
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253636
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Oxoniensia in Oxoniensia, Vol. 43, (1978), 206-212
Oxoniensia in Oxoniensia, Vol. 50, (1985), 251-266
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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