Description

STEEPLE ASTON SOUTH SIDE
SP4725 (North side)
9/129 Acacia Cottage
08/12/55 (Formerly listed as Southside)
- II

Small house. Probably C17, re-modelled mid C18, and C19. Limestone rubble with
wooden lintels; concrete plain-tile roof with rubble-and-brick gable stack.
2-unit through-passage plan. 2 storeys. 3-window front of main range has a
6-panel door below a central round window, and has small-pane sashes in the
outer bays, all 4 panes wide; "Farmers Fire and Life" insurance plaque to right
of round window. Roof has been raised slightly at the eaves but retains gable
parapets. Single-storey rubble C19 range to left was formerly the village
reading room. Interior: chamfered spine beam; large inglenook fireplace; winder
stair; C18 arched panelled cupboard; old plank rear door with fleur-de-lys
hinge. Probably the site of the manor house of the Marten family.
(VCH; Oxfordshire: Vul XI, p29)

Listing NGR: SP4748825719

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26556596

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)