The Dun Cow Public House
THE DUN COW PUBLIC HOUSE, WEST END
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228001
- Date first listed:
- 26-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Dun Cow Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE DUN COW PUBLIC HOUSE, WEST END
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228001
- Date first listed:
- 26-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Dun Cow Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DUN COW PUBLIC HOUSE, WEST END
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 DUN COW PUBLIC HOUSE, WEST END
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hornton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 39212 44923
Details
HORNTON WEST END SP3844 (North side) 20/133 The Dun Cow Public House
GV II
Public house. Late C17 with later alterations. Coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched thatched roof. Stone and brick ridge and end stacks. 3 builds. L-plan. Single storey plus attic and single storey on left. 4 entrances including a garage door, plank door, stable door and panelled/glazed door. Wood lintels. Entrance on right is flanked by 2-light metal casements in wood surrounds with wood lintels and hood moulds and label stops. Blocked 3-light stone mullioned window with hood mould to left and a 3-light metal casement with wood lintel. 2 half-dormers with 2-light stone mullioned windows with lead cames and wrought-iron casement fasteners. Single storey part to far left has slate roof. The Dun Cow is recorded as open by 1854 when it was a butcher's and a beer retailer's combined. (VCH). Right gable has 3-light metal casements with wood lintels. Interior not inspected. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p125)
Listing NGR: SP3921244923
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 401999
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1969), 125
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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