Description

KIDDINGTON WITH ASTERLEIGH OVER KIDDINGTON
SP42SW
4/84 Chequers Inn

GV II

House, latterly inn. C17. Coursed limestone rubble with stone slate roof.
L-plan. Two storeys and gable-lit attic with 2-storey rear wing. External stone
lateral stack to rear with offsets and C20 brick top, external stone end stack
to the front of the right-hand cross-wing with C20 brick top and internal stone
end stack to rear. First-floor 4-light wooden casement, ground-floor C20
three-light wooden casement to left and ground-floor C20 2-light lintels (C20 to
right-hand ground-floor window). The right-hand ground-floor window was probably
formerly a doorway (see straight joints beneath). Left-hand gable end has C20
two-light wooden casements to first floor and attic and C20 three-light
ground-floor wooden casement, all with wooden lintels. C20 half-glazed 2-light
wooden casement in gable end to front and 2-light wooden casements to side.
Interior: right-hand ground-floor room has deep-chamfered ceiling beam with
stepped stop. Left-hand ground-floor room has pair of chamfered ceiling beams
with ogee stops and open fireplace to rear with a chamfered wooden lintel.

Listing NGR: SP4098122142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304838

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]