Description

STEEPLE ASTON NORTH SIDE
SP4726 (South side)
8/123 House at The Gap approx. 5m SW
of Holly Cottage
GV II

House. 1729 on datestone, altered late C18/early C19. Limestone rubble with
wooden lintels brick; Welsh-slate roof with stone-and-brick gable stacks,
-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic. 2 bays to left of front are taller and have a
central 6-panel door, with re-used ovolo-moulded ashlar iambs,.a. late 018/early
jiq canted bay'Miidow to left, and a 20-pane sash to right; at first floor
12-pane sashes flank a circular plaque inscribed "S/?H/1729". Shallow-pitched
roof, raised slightly at the eaves, has stone-based stacks flanking the higher
section. Lower bay to right has no visible openings but is partly masked by
outbuildings. Rear has hipped-roofed brick stair projection flanked by
casements. Interior not inspected.
(VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p24)

Listing NGR: SP4732726033

Selected Sources

• Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 24

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