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Latitude: 51.5988 / 51°35'55"N
Longitude: -1.2923 / 1°17'32"W
OS Eastings: 449114
OS Northings: 189121
OS Grid: SU491891
Mapcode National: GBR 7ZH.Q2Y
Mapcode Global: VHCYL.K25P
Plus Code: 9C3WHPX5+G3
Entry Name: Lime Tree House
Listing Date: 24 November 1966
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1199929
English Heritage Legacy ID: 249986
ID on this website: 101199929
Location: Harwell, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX11
County: Oxfordshire
District: Vale of White Horse
Civil Parish: Harwell
Built-Up Area: Harwell
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Tagged with: House
HARWELL HIGH STREET SU4989 (West side) 9/123 Lime Tree House 24/11/66 GV II*
House. c.1250 origins; remodelling of c1300; cross-wing to left of c.1360; C17 front, with early C19 alterations. Painted brick plinth; roughcast, probably on timber-framing; old plain-tile roof; brick end stack to right. 2-storey, 3-window range. 6-panel door to centre with wood reeded surround and open wood-trellis porch. Two 12-pane unhorned sashes with wood reeded surrounds and cornices to ground floor right. Single 12-pane unhorned sash with wood reeded surround and cornice to left. Three 3-light wood casements to first floor with wood cornices, 3 cross-gables to roof with lead flats to valleys. Interior: extensive remains in loft of mid C13 aisled hall with passing braces and reconstruction of c.1300 base cruck and crown-post roof, cross-wing to left has crown-post roof and C17 wooden dovecote. Arch-braced collar-truss visible to main bedroom. History: home of Walter de Catewy, alias Walter de Harwell, Sergeant-at-arms to Edward III 1341-1361, and of his son Thomas, M.P. for Berkshire. Seized by William of Wykeham in 1370 and from 1392 forded part of Winchester bishopric estates. ("Harwell, Village for a Thousand Years", Pub. Harwell P.C. 1985; The Bishop of Winchester's Medieval Manor House at Harwell, Berkshire and its relevance in the Evolution of Timber-framed Aisled Halls, by J. M. Fletcher in Archaeological Journal, Vol 136, 1979, p173-192)
Listing NGR: SU4911489121
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