Description

BLOXHAM LITTLE BRIDGE ROAD
SP4235 (West side)
9/157 Park Close
08/12/55

GV II

House. C17 origin with C18 and C19 alterations. Garden front: Ironstone
approaching ashlar. Steeply pitched C20 tile roof. 3 stone stacks on stone bases
to ends and ridge. L-plan. 2 storeys plus attic; 5-window range. Two C20 bay
windows flank Tuscan stone porch c.1800, Five 3-light casements to first floor
have wooden lintels and stone relieving arches. 4 gabled attic dormers of 1890.
Rear: 2 storey staircase-projections; 2-light stone mullioned windows, some with
hood moulds and label stops; wooden mullioned and transomed windows. Walls to
front and rear appear to have been heightened probably during C19 remodelling.
Park Close is the Headmaster's House, Bloxham School. Interior not inspected.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.483).

Listing NGR: SP4289535970

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298298

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)