Payne's Hill House
PAYNE'S HILL HOUSE, PAINES HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1266124
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Payne's Hill House
- Statutory Address:
- PAYNE'S HILL HOUSE, PAINES HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1266124
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Payne's Hill House
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAYNE'S HILL HOUSE, PAINES HILL
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:
- PAYNE'S HILL HOUSE, PAINES HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Steeple Aston
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 47627 25934
Details
STEEPLE ASTON PAINES HILL SP4725 (West side) 9/126 Payne's Hill House 08/12/55 (formerly listed as Payne's Hill House, Paine Street) GV II
Substantial house. Partly C18, re-erected c.1806 far Dr. Thomas Perry, and C19. Limestone ashlar; coursed marlstone rubble with limestone-ashlar dressings; Welsh-slate roofs with ashlar and brick stacks. 2-unit plan with subsidiary wings. 3 storeys plus attic and 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window ashlar front of main range has plinth, storey bands, sill bands, cornice and parapet, all breaking around 3-storey canted bay windows, each storey with three 8-pane sashes; central doorway, with 6-panel door and matching panelled, reveals, has a C20 stone doorcase. Gables have parapets to the steep-pitched roof, and carry ashlar stacks. 2-storey C19 marlstone range, to right, has casements and a secondary doorway. Additions to rear are of at least 3 builds. Interior not inspected. The front is reputed to have been part of Middle Aston House, demolished in 1806. (VCHI Oxfordshire. Vol XI, p24)
Listing NGR: SP4762725934
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422967
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 24
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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