Prospect Books and Prints Witney Town Council Offices
51, MARKET SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1213343
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Prospect Books and Prints Witney Town Council Offices
- Statutory Address:
- 51, MARKET SQUARE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/15733/02
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1213343
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Prospect Books and Prints Witney Town Council Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- 51, MARKET SQUARE
- Statutory Address 2:
- PROSPECT BOOKS AND PRINTS, 51A, MARKET SQUARE
- Statutory Address 3:
- WITNEY TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES, MARKET SQUARE
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:
- 51, MARKET SQUARE
- Statutory Address:
- PROSPECT BOOKS AND PRINTS, 51A, MARKET SQUARE
- Statutory Address:
- WITNEY TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES, MARKET SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Witney
- National Grid Reference:
- SP3560509605
Details
WITNEY MARKET SQUARE
SP3509N (East Side)
10/182 Nos.51, 51a Prospect Books and
14/05/52 Prints, and Witney Town
Council offices
(Formerly listed as No. 51)
GV II
House, now three shops and office. Late C17; C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed
limestone rubble; early C19 stucco front; gabled stone slate roof; tall late C17
brick ridge stack with drip course. 4-unit plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Late
C18/early C19 six-pane sashes above C20 shop fronts. Rear range of similar
materials, with ridge stack of stone finished in brick and paired early C19
sashes. Inferior; cased beams to left, chamfered and quartered beams to right;
cambered tie-beam. Rear range has stop-chamfered beam and remodelled open
fireplace to right.
Listing NGR: SP3560509605
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 397872
- 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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