Description

NUNEHAM COURTENAY A423
SU5599 (East side)
9/64 Nos.38, 39 and 40
18/07/63

GV II

3 houses, formerly one house. Mid C18, extended and re-modelled late C19/early
C20. Brick in Flemish bond; old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. T-shaped
plan. 2 storeys plus attic. Central 3 bays of 5-window front, with plinth,
storey band and dentil eaves course, are earlier and have 3 segmental-arched
2-light plank-shuttered casements, the central window replacing a former
doorway, plus three 2-light casements at first floor. The later outer bays have
similar windows. Hipped roof has 2 gabled roof dormers, ridge stacks flanking
earlier bays, and 2 tall stacks rising from the rear. No.38 forms a rear wing
and is an addition. Interiors not inspected. Forms the southern termination to
the village street, facing Nos.1 and 2 (q.v.), to which it was probably formerly
identical. Part of the estate village built c.1760 by the 1st Earl Harcourt.
(M. Batey, "Nuneham Courtenay, an Oxfordshire C18 deserted village", Oxoniensia
Vol.35, 19b8, p.108).

Listing NGR: SU5539899024

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300148

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