Description

WITNEY CHURCH GREEN
SP3509S (West side)
11/29 Nos.8 and 10 (Oriel House)
06/02/70
GV II

House. Oriel House: c.1850-60. Limestone ashlar front; gabled concrete tile
roof; stone ridge stacks. Central-staircase plan. Gothic Revival style. 2
storeys and attic; 3-window range. Two stone-coped gabled bays to right have
tympanum arches over all openings; chamfered attic lights; 4-light
pointed-arched stone-mullioned and transomed windows an first floor; 6-panelled
door with overlight set in pointed arched architrave flanked by similar
mullioned and transomed window, and a canted bay window with similar windows and
pierced balustrade. Bay to left has semi-circular oriel window with angel carved
in corbel, and segmental-arched carriage-entry: C20 door and window inside. No.8
to right, with front of squared and coursed limestone: of 3-window range, with
gabled bay to left; tympanum arches over C20 plank door set in chamfered
architrave to right and similar mullioned and transomed windows. Interior not
inspected but likely to be of interest.
(Buildings of England: 0xfordshire, p.849).

Listing NGR: SP3557309475

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304798

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)