Church House
CHURCH HOUSE, 2, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369104
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 2, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369104
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 2, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 2, QUEEN STREET
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:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 2, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 2, QUEEN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dorchester
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 57835 94256
Details
DORCHESTER QUEEN STREET SU5794 (East side) 5/115 No.2 (Church House)
GV II
House. 1878, by Sir. G. Gilbert Scott. Colourwashed brick with tile hanging and timber framing; old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys. 2-window front facing High Street has timber framing above an intermediate band of decorative tile hanging. The windows, which all project slightly, are elaborately divided with mullions and transoms, and the ornamental timber framing is carried down around the upper part of the larger ground floor window, to left. The left end wall is similarly ornamented and includes a gable over the ground-floor window. The entrance is within a hexagonal tower, at the rear of this side, which has a tiled steeple roof. The roof has a gablet to left, and 2 highly ornamental stacks. Plainer wing projects to rear. Interior not inspected. Built as part of The Missionary College. Included for group value. (M. Airs: The Secular Buildings of Dorchester, Dorchester through the Ages, 1985).
Listing NGR: SU5783594256
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248146
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Airs, M, The Secular Buildings of Dorchester Dorchester through the Ages, (1985)
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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