Description

BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET
AND SIGNET (East Side)
SP2512 (Enlargement) The Burford Gallery &
7/70 Classical House
12.9.55 (Previously listed as
"Stonehurst").

GV II

House, formerly one with Shoo Cottage (q.v.). Mediaeval front altered C17
and C20. Uncoursed rubble, Cotswold stone roof extending from Shoo
Cottage, hipped to-right. 2 storeys and attic. The principal feature is
a heavily moulded C15 archway to right with the joist ends of a sawn-off
jetty over and part of a label. 2 windows on 1st floor, a 3-light hollow
chamfer mullion window to left and a C20 4-light metal casement to right.
On ground floor a mid C20 bowed shop window with glazing bars to left.
Projecting blind parapet wall to right to forecourt of Methodist Church
(q.v.). Long 2-storey near extension with reset 2-light monolithic 'ancet
window. Interior: heavy cross beams to front (West) room. Cross wing to
East of rear wing contains excellent early to mid-C18 panelled room with
raised and fielded panels, modillion cornice, enriched overmantel (but C20
fireplace) - this wing has to East a triple glazing-bar sash window in
raised flat surround with cock-bead.

Listing NGR: SP2518712251

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518111

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)