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Latitude: 51.6451 / 51°38'42"N
Longitude: -1.1667 / 1°10'0"W
OS Eastings: 457755
OS Northings: 194358
OS Grid: SU577943
Mapcode National: GBR 90D.ZSQ
Mapcode Global: VHCY8.QXK8
Plus Code: 9C3WJRWM+28
Entry Name: 55, High Street
Listing Date: 18 July 1963
Last Amended: 14 May 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1047840
English Heritage Legacy ID: 248119
Also known as: Northgate House
ID on this website: 101047840
Location: Dorchester, South Oxfordshire, OX10
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Dorchester
Built-Up Area: Dorchester
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Dorchester
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
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DORCHESTER HIGH STREET
SU5794 (West side)
5/89 No.55
18/07/63 (Formerly listed as house
adjoining Bullyn to S)
GV II*
House. 1610 on front, extended C18. Timber framing with rendered infill on
clunch rubble plinth; limestone ashlar and brick; old plain-tile roof with brick
stacks. 2-unit plan, with rear outshut. 2 storeys plus attics. 6-window front is
double-jettied and has moulded bressumers and scroll brackets carved with
acanthus and Ionic capitals. At ground and first floors large leaded casements
replace oriels for which mortices remain, and are flanked, at first floor, by
high-level, 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion windows, restored C20 with diamond
glazing. At ground floor similar windows are only on the inner sides and there
is an inserted 4-panel door to extreme right. "1610/IH" is inscribed on a stud.
Large stack with 4 diagonal shafts rises from the roof slope above the central
bay. To left is a single-storey C20 extension. Outshut is of brick on an ashlar
lower storey and has dormers. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SU5775594358
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