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Caroline Court and Attached Walls and Outbuilding

A Grade II Listed Building in Woodstock, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8462 / 51°50'46"N

Longitude: -1.3522 / 1°21'8"W

OS Eastings: 444719

OS Northings: 216594

OS Grid: SP447165

Mapcode National: GBR 7WJ.6XM

Mapcode Global: VHCX6.HVZL

Plus Code: 9C3WRJWX+F4

Entry Name: Caroline Court and Attached Walls and Outbuilding

Listing Date: 18 October 1949

Last Amended: 27 July 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1252546

English Heritage Legacy ID: 435532

ID on this website: 101252546

Location: Woodstock, West Oxfordshire, OX20

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Woodstock

Built-Up Area: Woodstock

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Woodstock

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


WOODSTOCK OXFORD STREET SP4416, SP4416NE (West side) 8/193, 10/193 Caroline Court (Nos.1-23 18/10/49 consec) and attached wall and outbuilding (Formerly listed as Almshouses) GV II Alashouses; converted 1969 into old peoples flats. Built for Caroline Duchess of Marlborough in 1797. Limestone ashlar; hipped Welsh slate roof. Plan form unclear. 2 storeys; 9-bay range with central 3 bays brought forward. To centre are 3 doorways (windows inserted 1969) set in moulded stone architraves with fluted frieze to each cornice. Outer wings each have central doorway (windows inserted 1969) set in keyed moulded architrave. Stone lintels over C20 windows; plain medallion set over each outer door. Apron in central bay has inscription as follows: THESE ALMSHOUSES/WERE BUILT AND ENDOWED/BY CAROLINE DUCHESS/OF MARLBOROUGH/A.D. MDCCXCVII." Interior not inspected. Subsidiary features: to right is stone-coped limestone rubble wall, approximately 5 metres long and with wood gate, is attached to late C18 outhouse: of limestone rubble, with hipped Welsh slate roof and flat stone arches over two C20 doors to left, and two 2-light wood-mullioned windows to front. Rear wing, built 1969, is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SP4463216721

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