Description

BURFORD AND UPTON WITNEY STREET
AND SIGNET (South side)
SP2512 (Enlargement) Park House and gate-
7/255 piers attached to
west end.

GV II

Former stables of the Great House (q.v.). Previously known as Great House
Yard. Possibly late C17 but very probably mid-C19 converted. Coursed and
dressed rubble, Cotswold stone roof with coped gables and ashlar end
chimneys. Symmetrical elevation of 2 storeys and attic. 5 bays plus one-
bay flanking wings (altered) with continuous plat-band. 3 hipped dormers,
the right-hand one a large half-dormer. 1 window on ground floor to
right, 4 small rectangular windows to left of it. The right-hand wing has
a hipped dormer. Gable end to west has a bullseye window modelled on the
Great House adjacant to west (q.v.). Rear has 3 hipped dormers,
balustraded bay to right, 2 arched entries roughly central. Rubble
gatepiers linked by a short link wall, cornice and engaged ball-finials,
baluster-top hinge pilasters.
Included for group value.
(shown on OS map as the Great House Yard)

Listing NGR: SP2531712131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519774

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Care and Repair