Description

MIDDLETON CHENEY MAIN STREET
SP44SE (East side)
6/192 Overthorpe
Hill Farmhouse

GV II

House. Late C17, remodelled c.1970. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble,
artificial stone slate roof, stone stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 4 bays. Right
bay lower and separately roofed, formed original service wing. C20 stone porch
across 2 right bays has doorway with wood lintel and 6-panel door. Re-used C17
two-light stone mullioned window to right. Original entrance was right of
centre, now filled by 4-light stone mullioned window, part re-used C17 work.
2-light stone mullioned window in left bay. All ground floor windows have
continuous stone hood. First floor windows are all of 2-lights with stone
mullions in moulded frames without hoods. Gabled half dormer second bay from
left with stone mullion and square hood. Coped gable ends with kneelers.
Interior not inspected but said to have been remodelled c.1970 when original
arrangement of rooms altered and C17 staircase removed.
(R.B. Wood-Jones, Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region, 1963,
p.158, Plan and Elevation).

Listing NGR: SP4826540785

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581542

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)