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Boots

A Grade II Listed Building in Witney, Oxfordshire

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Latitude: 51.7852 / 51°47'6"N

Longitude: -1.4852 / 1°29'6"W

OS Eastings: 435606

OS Northings: 209740

OS Grid: SP356097

Mapcode National: GBR 6VS.3B1

Mapcode Global: VHC02.6DP9

Plus Code: 9C3WQGP7+3W

Entry Name: Boots

Listing Date: 14 May 1952

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1213160

English Heritage Legacy ID: 397704

ID on this website: 101213160

Location: Witney, West Oxfordshire, OX28

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Witney

Built-Up Area: Witney

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Witney

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


WITNEY HIGH STREET
SP3509N (East side)
10/162 No.2 (Boots)
14/05/52
GV II

Town house, now shop. Early C18, with later alterations. Coursed limestone
rubble; hipped stone slate roof; lateral stacks finished in brick. Double-depth
plan. 3 storeys: 2-window range. C20 shop front. Timber lintels over 8-pane
sashes with shutters; moulded wood cornice. Similar right side wall, and similar
windows to left. C20 extension to left. Interior not inspected but likely to be
of interest. Known as The Temperance Hotel in the C19: it was a coffee tavern
set up by the British and Foreign Temperance Society in 1834 and was used for
the Annual Tucker's Feast by the blanket manufacturers.
(K.Steane, "The Public Houses of Witney". Record of Witney No.5 (1978), p,19).


Listing NGR: SP3560609740

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