Description

WANTAGE PRIORY ROAD
SU3987NE (West side)
9/157 No.4

GV II

House. C15 hall-house, stack and floors inserted and extended to right in
mid/late C16, refronted in mid C18. Originally timber-framed. Flemish bond
brick; old tile roof; brick stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys, original 3-window
range. C19 carved brackets to pedimented hood over early C20 door. Mid C19
horned sash in blocked door to right. Stone lintel over mid C18 sash to right,
gauged brick flat arches over other mid C18 sashes and brick soldier arch over
inserted mid C19 sash to left. Half-hipped roof; ridge, right end and rear
lateral stacks. Interior: C18 panelled and plank doors. Chamfered beams and
bressumer over fireplace. Winder stairs to rear right. C15 cruck to left
obscured by inserted stack, has smoke-blackened exposed timbers and mortices for
collar-yoke; similar truss to right has only strut visible. C16 two-bay
collar-truss roof to right.

Listing NGR: SU3962987891

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494793

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]