Description

WIGGINTON CHAPEL STREET
SP3833
(West side)
11/110 The Dolphin Inn
08/12/55 (Formerly listed as Dolphin
Public House)
GV II
Inn, now house. Datestone M/IE/1727. Ashlar ironstone to front, regular
coursed ironstone rubble to sides and rear; stone slate roof to front, Welsh
slate roof to rear. 2 brick end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys; 6 windows
to first floor, one blocked. Off-centre door to right is 4-panelled with
distinctive canopy. 3 windows to left, 2 windows to right. All are wooden
mullioned and transomed windows with keystoned flat arches. 4-light stone
mullioned window to cellar on left. Windows noted as having elaborate wrought
iron casement fasteners. Flat band to first floor. Stone copings. Rear:
Stone sundial to right end. Interior: Noted as having plan of kitchen, hall
and parlour; spacious cellars with stone barrel vault. History: The Dolphin
was built as a farmhouse by James Eden, the principal farmer in the parish in
the 1720s. Interior not inspected.
(V.C.H. : Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p.160; Wood-Jones, R.B., Traditional Domestic
Architecture in the Banbury Region, 1963, pp,187-8).

Listing NGR: SP3888233325

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26303973

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)