Old Thatch
OLD THATCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268466
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Old Thatch
- Statutory Address:
- OLD THATCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268466
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Old Thatch
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD THATCH
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:
- OLD THATCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Vale of White Horse (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Littleworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 31272 97113
Details
SU 39 NW LITTLEWORTH
Old Thatch
1660/2/10001
GV II
House. Circa early C18 with C19 alterations and addition. Stone rubble with red brick window jambs. Thatched roof with gabled and half-hipped ends and eyebrow eaves at the front. Brick central axial stack. PLAN: 2-room lobby entry plan house with central axial stack with back-to-back fireplaces heating the parlour on the left and kitchen on the right. Circa C19 outshut on the right [east] end and C20 porch on the front. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 4-window south front with 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars and timber lintels; central doorway with C20 stone porch with thatched roof. Set back on right [east] end a small outshut with a lean-to roof. Rear north, casements to left and centre, blind to right. INTERIOR: Left-hand room [parlour] has chamfered cross-beam with run-out stops, unchamfered joists and fireplace with chamfered timber bressummer with step stops and rebuilt jambs. Right-hand room [kitchen] has cross-beam with slight chamfer and run-out stops, unchamfered joists and large fireplace with unchamfered timber bressummer. Tie-beam and collar roof trusses with tenoned purlins.
Listing NGR: SU3127297113
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461776
- 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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