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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
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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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