Description

SHELLINGFORD CHURCH STREET
SU39SW (North side)
5/204 Nos.1 to 3 (Timber Yard
21/11/66 Cottages)

GV II

Cottage row. c.1560-70. Uncoursed limestone rubble with limestone ashlar
dressings; stone slate roof; rendered concrete stacks. Original plan form
unclear. Domestic Tudor style. 2 storeys; 9-window range. Two square-headed
doorways with splayed architraves, label moulds and C20 plank doors; central C20
inserted doorway. Ground floor has 2-light stone mullioned cavetto-moulded
windows with arched heads and label moulds; first floor has one-and 2-light
stone mullioned cavetto-moulded windows. Gabled roof; gable end stacks. To rear
right is one 2-light stone mullioned cavetto-moulded window with arched heads
and label mould, also at first floor level are two 2-light and 3 one-light stone
mullioned and chamfered windows; other windows are late C20 in similar style. To
rear left are two early C16 buttresses. Interior: Remodelled as 3 cottages
c.1973; some C18 four-panelled doors survive; collar truss and queen-post roof
with butt purlins.lBuildings of England: Berkshire, p.215; V.M.House,
Shellingford: A Parish Record, 1978, p.22).

Listing NGR: SU3196793492

Selected Sources

• House, V M , Shellingford A Parish Record, (1978), 22
• Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 215

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