Description

1. SHRIVENHAM HIGH STREET
(south side)
So 2488 8/51 Oakwood House and
The Close
II

2.
Circa 1820 former Vicarage with a mid C19 E addition, now two dwellings. Oakwood
House extends through 3 bays of the original Vicarage and The Close occupies the
4th bay of the former vicar's house and the 1 bay later extension. The Vicarage
section is of rubble stone faced with limewashed render with a very shallow hipped
slate roof and 2 brick stacks, one on a stone base at the W end. The later addition
is of rubble stone and brick openings also with a slate roof. 2 storeys with a N front
of 4 widely spaced bays with sashes, 4 panes wide, throughout. lst floor string
course and a gabled rendered porch with slate roof sheltering a 4 panelled door with
2 glazed lights. The 2 storey, 1 bay E addition also has sashes 4 panes wide. To the
rear under the deeply projecting eaves which is a feature of both facades, is a SW bow
with blind boxes to the ground floor sash windows. Inside, the bow has reeded
architraves with stopped roundels and panelled shutters to the windows and similar
architraves to the doors. There is also a cantilevered staircase with mahogany
handrail, thin squared balusters and carved tread-ends.

Listing NGR: SU2410288908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478349

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and 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)