Rufus Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Ferris Cottage and the Cottage
RUFUS COTTAGE, CLEMATIS COTTAGE, FERRIS COTTAGE AND THE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369576
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Rufus Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Ferris Cottage and the Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- RUFUS COTTAGE, CLEMATIS COTTAGE, FERRIS COTTAGE AND THE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
- IOE01/10888/12
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369576
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Rufus Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Ferris Cottage and the Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUFUS COTTAGE, CLEMATIS COTTAGE, FERRIS COTTAGE AND THE COTTAGE, HIGH 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:
- RUFUS COTTAGE, CLEMATIS COTTAGE, FERRIS COTTAGE AND THE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sibford Ferris
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 35944 37422
Details
SIBFORD FERRIS HIGH STREET SP3436-3536 (North side) 16/140 Rufus Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Ferris Cottage and The Cottage GV II Row of 4 cottages. Datestone JS 1721 in left gable of Rufus Cottage. Coursed ironstone rubble. Steeply pitched C20-tile roofs. Stone coping on left. Brick ridge and end stacks. 2 storeys. 8-window range altogether. 2 builds. One range comprises two single-unit and a 2-unit dwelling, the other a 2-unit dwelling. Left range. 2 C20 doors and a stable door. Ground floor has 2- and 3-light wood or metal casements with either stone flat arches or wood lintels. Similar windows to first floor. Some wrought-iron casement fasteners. Right range. Late C17 with later alterations. Coursed ironstone rubble. Lowered C20-tile roof. Brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range. Entrance off-centre to left has a C20 door and wood lintel. Ground floor has 3 renewed wood casements with wood lintels. First floor has 3 metal casements in wood frames with chamfered wood lintels and wrought-iron casement fasteners. Most interiors have beams and inglenook fireplaces. (VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol X, p229)
Listing NGR: SP3594837422
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 244696
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1972), 229
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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