35 and 36 Observatory Close
35 and 36, Observatory Close, Benson, OX10 6NU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369006
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- 35 and 36 Observatory Close
- Statutory Address:
- 35 and 36, Observatory Close, Benson, OX10 6NU
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- Reference:
- IOE01/09066/16
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369006
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- 35 and 36 Observatory Close
- Statutory Address 1:
- 35 and 36, Observatory Close, Benson, OX10 6NU
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:
- 35 and 36, Observatory Close, Benson, OX10 6NU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Benson
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 62166 91813
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 September 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SU69SW
2/17
BENSON
OBSERVATORY CLOSE
No 35 and 36
(Formerly listed as BROOK STREET (South side) No.16 (Brook Cottage))
GV
II
House. C16 with C18 and C19 alterations and extensions. Grey brick to left; banded limestone and flint to right with red brick dressings; plain-tile roof; brick stacks. Two storey, two-window range. Six-panel part-glazed door to centre with flat hood. Tripartite windows with 15-pane sashes to centre, to left and right. Two two-light casements to first floor. Two cross-gables to roof. Ridge stack to left; end stack to right. Irregular fenestration of casements to right return.
Interior not inspected.
Subsidiary wing to left; probably former barn with knapped flint walls to left and right with brick dressings; limestone rubble to centre with some timber framing.
Listing NGR: SU6261692106
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 247725
- 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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