Swiss Cottage
SWISS COTTAGE, FARINGDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368346
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Swiss Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- SWISS COTTAGE, FARINGDON ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-10-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/01388/21
- Rights:
- © Mr Derek Gale. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368346
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Swiss Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- SWISS COTTAGE, FARINGDON 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:
- SWISS COTTAGE, FARINGDON ROAD
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:
- Shrivenham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 24535 89588
Details
1. SHRIVENHAM FARINGDON ROAD (north side) Swiss Cottage SU 2489 6/41
II
2. Circa 1850s in Swiss Chalet style built by Lord Barrington of Beckett Park as a summerhouse and playroom of timber framing and brick nogging with gabled thatched roofs and a central brick stack. Greek cross in plan of I storey and attic with gable ends to each arm and gabled dormers facing SW. The windows have diamond glazing throughout and the picturesque rustic effect is enhanced by the application of cut timbers to the brick walls. The garden front was originally the entrance front and has a plank and batten door. There is a similar door to the roadside front. The cottage is illustrated in Candida Lycett Green, English Cottages, 1982, p 137
Listing NGR: SU2453589588
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 250587
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lycett Green, C, English Cottages, (1982), 137
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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