Thornbury House

THORNBURY HOUSE, THE MOORS

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1290491
Date first listed:
28-Jan-1981
Statutory Address:
THORNBURY HOUSE, THE MOORS
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Date:
2001-05-07
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1290491
Date first listed:
28-Jan-1981
Statutory Address 1:
THORNBURY HOUSE, THE MOORS

Location

Statutory Address:
THORNBURY HOUSE, THE MOORS

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
Cherwell (District Authority)
Parish:
Kidlington
National Grid Reference:
SP4932714541

Details

KIDLINGTON
SP4914
10/127
28/01/81

THE MOORS
(North side)
Thornbury House


GV
II

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as County Council Offices.
House, now flats. Early C19. Stuccoed over limestone rubble; gabled Welsh slate
roof; moulded stone end stacks. L-plan with rear right wing. Late Georgian
style. 3 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Foliate-carved brackets support
flat hood over C20 door with fanlight. Two-pane plate-glass sashes set in raised
architraves. Raised storey bands and moulded cornice beneath parapet. Porch to
rear left, of stone ashlar, with moulded imposts and semi-circular arches to
loggia and pierced stone balustrade. Interior not inspected. C20 extensions to
right are not of special architectural interest.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p672)


Listing NGR: SP4932714541

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395042
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Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 672

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