Description

SP2204-2304 FILKINS AND BROUGHTON POGGS ROUSES LANE
(North-east side)
Filkins
7/189 Nos. 1-4 (consec), Saxons Close
14/11/83

GV II
Row of 4 council houses. Dated 1929 on tablet in central gable. By Morley
Horder. Coursed rubble limestone with ashlar dressings, stone slate roofs and
stone chimneys. In Cotswold vernacular style. One storey and attic. Long
symmetrical range with 3 gables to front and central through-passage, 2 and
3-light unmoulded stone mullion windows with leaded glazing, the ground floor
with 10 windows, the attics with 2 windows to each gable. Passage has depressed
stone arch in Tudor style, moulded and stopped, with moulded spandrels and Tudor
hoodmould. Passage has entries to centre houses; end houses have gable-end
doorways with flat stone hoods on brackets. Said to be the earliest example of
the use of traditional materials for council houses. The choice of style was
that of Sir Stafford Cripps who lived in the village, and who paid for the
difference in cost of the extra labour and materials required. The intention was
to integrate the council houses both visually and socially into the life of a
picturesque village. Later council housing in Bulls Close, Filkins, and in
Burford and Kelmscott, was to follow this example.

Listing NGR: SP2379704319

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305252

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  For the Record
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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)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)