The Rectory
THE RECTORY, BANBURY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248776
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE RECTORY, BANBURY ROAD
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/10889/19
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248776
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RECTORY, BANBURY 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 RECTORY, BANBURY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Broughton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 42014 38371
Details
BROUGHTON BANBURY ROAD SP43NW (West side) 1/231 The Rectory 08/12/55
GV II
Rectory. Datestone 1694. Built by the Rector John Knight. 2-storey bow window to rear 1820 after design by S.P. Cockerell. 1842 new offices and kitchens by H.J. Underwood of Oxford. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched Welsh slate roof. 2 stone stacks to valley. Double depth plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Central C19 porch has flat hood and square panelled wooden columns. 2 sash windows either side. Right end has 2-light stone mullioned window to cellar. 5 sashes to first floor. All windows in flush wooden frames. Stone copings and stone kneelers. Rear extension: Ashlar, Welsh slate roof. 2-storey bow window has 3 round-headed windows to ground floor and sashes to first floor. C19 wing to right of main elevation has sash windows. Interior: Noted as having C17 varnished panelling, staircase with square newels, moulded balusters and closed strings. Photographs in N.M.P. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.IX, p.86; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.998).
Listing NGR: SP4201438371
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 430517
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1969), 86
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 998
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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