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Latitude: 51.7339 / 51°44'1"N
Longitude: -1.5881 / 1°35'17"W
OS Eastings: 428543
OS Northings: 203985
OS Grid: SP285039
Mapcode National: GBR 5TX.7B5
Mapcode Global: VHC06.FP95
Plus Code: 9C3WPCM6+GQ
Entry Name: 5 and 6, Model Cottages
Listing Date: 15 July 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1367663
English Heritage Legacy ID: 253461
Location: Black Bourton, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX18
County: Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Black Bourton
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Black Bourton
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
SP20SE CARTERTON AND BLACK BOURTON BAMPTON ROAD
(North side)
Black Bourton
5/151 Nos.5 and 6, Model Cottages
15/07/81
GV II
Pair of semi-detached estate workers' cottages. Circa 1860, by E.G. Bruton, for
Christ Church College, Oxford. Squared and coursed limestone, rock-faced, with
slate roofs and stone chimneys. In rustic Gothick style with steep roof pitches
and pointed arches over narrow lights. 2 storeys, 2-bay front to road. Right bay
is gabled and has 3-light ground floor window with stop-chamfered stone
mullions, pair of single lights to first floor, and arched vent slit in gable.
Right return of this bay has arched doorway, small round window below eaves, and
2-light casement in catslide semi-dormer. Gable beyond is similar to front but
with ground floor altered to C20 metal casement. Left bay front, has 2 2-light
windows with stop-chamfered stone mullions to ground floor, and single light in
gabled semi-dormer above. Left gable end is similar to other gabled bays but
with round vent in gable. Wing to rear of left bay has catslide porch projection
with arched door and buttresses. Part of a row of 3 pairs of cottages and a
lodgings house.
(Mary Lupton: History of the Parish of Black Bourton, 1903)
Listing NGR: SP2854303985
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