The Old Court and Railings in Front
THE OLD COURT AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 164, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224739
- Date first listed:
- 01-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Court and Railings in Front
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COURT AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 164, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224739
- Date first listed:
- 01-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Court and Railings in Front
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD COURT AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 164, HIGH 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.
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 COURT AND RAILINGS IN FRONT, 164, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Burford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 25086 12034
Details
BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET AND SIGNET (West side) SP2512 (Enlargement) No 164 (The Old Court) 7/160 and railings in front
GV II
Former police station, now domestic. 1869. Architect William Wilkinson Rough-faced coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Tiled roof, end chimneys in rough-faced rubble. Wilt in a version of Tudor vernacular. 2 storeys, string over ground floor raised over central rebated Tudor inch doorway, panel over painted out. 3 windows, plate-glass sashes with chamfered mullions, tall 2-light windows on 1st floor (to former courtroom), 3-light on ground floor. Front railings with flat tops on stepped boundary wall. Interior largely altered. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SP2508612034
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 420677
- 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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