Description

MINSTER HIGH STREET
TR 3064-3164
(East Side)
5/27 Old Oak Cottage
Restaurant
GV II
House, now house and restaurant. C16 and late C17 and restored mid
C20. Timber framed and clad with beaded weather boarding and applied
timber with plaster infill on front elevation, and weather boarding to
left return. Plain tiled roof. L-shaped plan, the present entrance
front of 2 framed bays probably originally a return wing. Two
storeys on plinth with bresummer fascia and moulded cornice to roof
hipped to left (with return wing). Hipped dormer and stacks to rear
left and right in front of ridge. Two 3 light-leaded mullioned casements
with central single light on first floor and two 3 light mullioned
casements on ground floor, that to left with sidelights. Half-glazed
central door in moulded surround with enriched cornice and console brackets
supporting segmental pediment enriched with strapwork and central
cartouche with lion head. Interior: clasped purlin roof, leaded
mullioned lights with some coloured glass. Full frame visible. The
supposed hauntings at the house investigated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(and the B.B.C.)!

Listing NGR: TR3106464630

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518062

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey