Description

MILTON HIGH STREET
SP4435 (South side)
10/8 The Old House

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Old Barn House.
Large house. C17 remodelled C20. Regular coursed ironstone rubble steeply
pitched C20 tile roof. Brick stacks to right and ridge, 2 on stone bases.
L-plan. Single storey plus attic. 4-window range. Gabled wing to left has C20
metal casements to ground floor and attic. Right part: Two doors. A small
stone pointed arched window between. Rectangular staircase projection to right.
Two C20 windows to right. A small rectangular window to far right. Attic has 2
wooden mullioned windows with lead cames to left and 2 similar C20 windows to
right. Tiled circular bread oven projection to right end. Rear has casement
inserted in stone surrounds and wood mullioned windows. Interior: Stop chamfered
beams. Chamfered bressumer to inglenook fireplace. Wooden spiral stair (elm
treads replaced) Original plan of hall, parlour and through passage to kitchen
is still discernible.
(Wood-Jones, R.B., Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region,
1963, pp.93-98, 212-213; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.IX, p.13).

Listing NGR: SP4509135072

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567109

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)