Description

CHARLBURY

1681/0/10003 DANCERS HILL
10-JUL-02 Knaves Knoll

GV II

House. Mid-late C17. Coursed ashlar rubble; graded Stonesfield slate and machine tiled roofs.
PLAN: single-celled.
EXTERIOR: north front is 2 storey and dormer attic; 2-window range. Single-storey kitchen extension extends to the north. 2 top-hung casements to east side, the larger under a raking roof. One C18 iron 2-light casement to the west wall. Main house wall with one 1/1 horned sash to first floor, and a 2-light leaded timber casement. Gabled dormer fitted with a 2-light casement. Internal gable-end stack to the east.
East gable with off-centre coursed rubble porch under a raking roof, and with 2 timber balusters in support. One 1/1 horned sash in gable head, lighting staircase.
South front with a glazed French door to right of a 2-light casement. One 2/2 unhorned first-floor sash located centrally.
INTERIOR: ground-floor room with a chamfered and tongue-stopped bridging beam. Plain joists. Open stone fireplace with a chamfered bressumer. Winder staircase to north of stack rises in 2 sections to the attic. North wall with an 8-panelled small-framed door leading to kitchen extension.
First floor with one central spine beam marking division of 2 rooms. Early C20 cast-iron fire insert in southern room.
Roof structure hidden behind lath and plaster, but with C19 reinforcing half-rafters, collars and purlins inside them.
Unusually intact single-celled, mid-late C18 house with surviving plan form and winder staircase.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26314568

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (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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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)