Almshouses
ALMSHOUSES, 1 AND 2, NORTH SIDE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1357429
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- ALMSHOUSES, 1 AND 2, NORTH SIDE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1357429
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALMSHOUSES, 1 AND 2, NORTH SIDE
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:
- ALMSHOUSES, 1 AND 2, NORTH SIDE
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:
- SP4749026004
Details
STEEPLE ASTON NORTH SIDE
SP4726, SP4725 (North side)
8/115, 9/115 Nos.1 and 2, Almshouses
08/12/55 (Formerly listed as Almshouses
(Radcliff's Hospital)
GV II
Pair of almshouses. Probably c.1660; altered c.1814 and extended C20. Coursed
squared marlstone with limestone dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with
stone-and-brick gable stacks. Single-unit plans with added wings. One storey
plus attic raised to 2 storeys. Symmetrical front has two 2-light
stone-mullioned windows with labels, two old plank doors in chamfered 4-centred
stone doorways, each inscribed with the initials "SR", and at first floor in
later rubble walling has two 3-light casements with lattice glazing. The left
cottage (No.2) has a stone sundial with the date "1814". Gable walls show a
raised eaves line. Small single-storey extensions flank the range. Interiors not
inspected. Built by Brasenose College, Oxford, but the initials probably refer
to Dr. Samuel Radcliffe, principal of the college and rector of the parish.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p707)
Listing NGR: SP4749026004
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422545
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 707
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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