Description

SS 9422-9522 BAMPTON NEWTON SQUARE, Bampton

14/53 The Courtyard and 2 houses
- adjoining at the right

GV II

Hotel and 2 adjoining houses. Circa early C19 with C20 alterations. Stone rubble
with slate roofs ; end stacks to the main block in the centre, left end stack and
axial stack to the left hand block, right end stack to the right hand block.
Plan: Tall central block flanked by lower-roofed blocks ; the central block with a
central carriage entrance.
Exterior: 3 storey central block flanked by 2 storey blocks 4:3:3 window front. The
left hand block has a front door to left of centre with a rectangular fanlight,
flanked by good granite columns with an entablature. C20 glazing, mostly plastic
windows but the 3 first floor left hand windows are in original embrasures with
segmental stone arches and the first floor right hand window is a reglazing of a late
C19/early C20 canted bay with a moulded cornice. Ground floor window left similar to
first floor left hand windows ; 2 large C20 windows with glazing bars to right of
front door. The middle block is the most important, 3 storeys and 3 irregularly
spaced bays. Wide carriage entrance in centre with Tuscan half-columns supporting an
entablature with a pulvinated frieze and a moulded cornice. Second floor timber
sashes with moulded cases and 4 over 3-pane sashes ; similar 12-pane first floor
sashes ; similar 16-pane ground floor right, ground floor left reglazed with a 16-
pane plastic sash. The right end block is 2 storeys, 3 windows. The ground floor
has 16-pane sashes to left and right and adjacent front doors between the windows. A
wide segmental arch with a keystone extends over the left hand window and door. 3
first floor C20 timber 2-light casements.
Interior: not inspected but may contain features of interest.
This range forms one side of Newton Square.

Listing NGR: SS9573022286

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400773

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)