Description

ENSTONE LITTLE TEW ROAD
SP3625-3725 (West side)
Church Enstone
14/56 Broad Close

II

Substantial house. Early C18 and late C18, altered C20. Limestone ashlar and
coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; Stonesfield-slate roofs with
ashlar stacks. 2-unit through-passage plan extended to 0 plan. 2 storeys plus
attic and 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window ashlar front of c.1790, with
rusticated quoins and moulded stone cornice, has 12-pane sashes at first floor,
but at ground floor has early-C20 bay windows flanking the central doorway with
plain architrave and double-stepped keyblock. Roof has gable parapets bearing
stacks with plinths and moulded caps. Lower earlier range, returning from right,
has a 3-window arrangement with a central doorway, 3-light leaded casements in
bays 2 and 3, and-in bay one a 12-pane sash above a 4-light casement; there is a
further leaded casement in the gable wall of the taller range. Short wing
returning from right end of lower range was formerly a stable and has external
stone steps. Interior: later range has a central stair with wreathed handrail
and stick balusters.

Listing NGR: SP3798225198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496221

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)