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Beech Tree House

A Grade II Listed Building in Middleton Cheney, West Northamptonshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0723 / 52°4'20"N

Longitude: -1.2661 / 1°15'58"W

OS Eastings: 450397

OS Northings: 241806

OS Grid: SP503418

Mapcode National: GBR 7SX.4Q5

Mapcode Global: VHCW9.05HP

Plus Code: 9C4W3PCM+WH

Entry Name: Beech Tree House

Listing Date: 22 May 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1371516

English Heritage Legacy ID: 234455

ID on this website: 101371516

Location: Middleton Cheney, West Northamptonshire, OX17

County: West Northamptonshire

Civil Parish: Middleton Cheney

Built-Up Area: Middleton Cheney

Traditional County: Northamptonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire

Church of England Parish: Middleton Cheney All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Peterborough

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Description


SP5041
11/184

MIDDLETON CHENEY
MAIN ROAD
(North side)
Lower Middleton
No.50 (Beech Tree House)

II

House. C17, extended and altered C18 and C20. Coursed limestone and ironstone
rubble, artificial stone slate roof, stone stacks. Through passage plan. 2
storeys, 3 bays. Doorway in second bay from right has wood lintel and plank
door. Porch made up from re-used C19 wood carvings with twisted columns and
thatched roof. Window to right has concrete lintel and 3-light wood casement.
Semi-circular bread oven projecting to left. Windows in left bay and second bay
from left, have wood lintels and 2-light wood casements. Window in third bay
from left, 3-lights with transom, iron casement and wood lintel. 2-light
casement windows with wood lintels on first floor. Stack to right of centre C18
and C20 extensions to rear. Interior: Stop chamfered spine beams and joists.
Open fireplace and bread oven. Original winder staircase. Included as a
documented example selected by R. Wood-Jones to illustrate the development of a
small C17 house.
(R.B. Wood-Jones, Traditional and Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region
1963, p.88-90, plan and elevation).

Listing NGR: SP5039741806

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