Model Cottages Black Bourton, England

Listed Building Data

Model Cottages has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1283454
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
15 July 1981
Name
MODEL COTTAGES
Location
MODEL COTTAGES, 3-4, BAMPTON ROAD
Parish
Black Bourton
District
West Oxfordshire
County
Oxfordshire
Grid Reference
SP 28582 03985
Easting
428582.0000
Northing
203985.0000

Listed Building Description

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SP20SE CARTERTON AND BLACK BOURTON BAMPTON ROAD (North side) Black Bourton 5/150 Nos.3 and 4, 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 pointed arches over narrow lights. Asymmetrical block of 2 storeys and 3 bays, with narrow gabled bay to left, wider gabled bay to right, and small C20 lean-to extension between in front of recessed centre bay. Left bay has pair of single lights to ground floor, one single light to first floor, and vent slit in gable. Right bay has 2 2-light windows with stop-chamfered stone mullions to ground floor, a smaller similar window and a single light to first floor, and an almond-shaped vent slit in gable. Centre bay has roughcast upper storey with 2-light wooden casement, and C20 4-light wooden casement and stable-type door in lean-to. Another door in right side of block has arched surround. 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: SP2858203985