Description

HIGH STREET
1.
1485
(North Side)
Nos 42 & 43
SP 5106 SE 9/414 12.1.54. jl2 & 4 5
II GV
2.
House and shops. 1 building. RCHM 61. Originally C16-17 altered in early
C18 and possibly since. 3-storeyed stuccoed timber-framing on a brick and
stone base with cellars, a 2-gabled attic floor, Welsh slate roof and brick
stacks. The 2nd and 3rd floors project slightly and have a moulded and dentilled
cornice between them. The 2 gables have moulded and enriched bargeboards
and in each is a small sash window. Each floor has a C18 bay window in which
are double C18 sashes in moulded frames. In the central passage-way are an
outer and an inner C16-17 moulded wood doorframe with a 4-centred head, stop
chamfers and moulded spandrels and in each of which is carved a rose on the
outer frame and a blank shield on the inner one. There are 2 moulded ceiling
beams in the passage way. Modern shopfront and central doorway to passage
through. History. Once known as Chapel Hall Oxford History Society LXVI
(1914). 3l2-l4, for leases and tenants 1598-1849 and LXIX (1916) 339.

All the listed buildings on the North side form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5185206270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26299385

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)