27, Sheep Street

BICESTER SHEEP STREET SP5822N (West side) 2/113 No. 27 20/03/70 GV II

Shop and dwelling, now shop and offices. Late C18/early C19 and mid C19. Coursed limestone rubble; rendered rubble-and brick-with stucco dressings; Welsh-slate roofs with brick and rendered end stacks. 2 parallel ranges. 2 storeys and 3 storeys. 2-storey stuccoed front, with plinth, storeyband, moulded cornice and panelled flanking pilasters, has a panelled parapet breaking upwards with a shallow-gabled central panel; the symmetrical 3-window arrangement has 12-pane sashes at first floor, plus a central doorway with 4-panel door, ornamental overlight, and a stucco door case with pilasters, a dentil cornice and, in the frieze, a panel with egg-and-dart mouldings. The doorway is now flanked by C20 shop windows. Earlier 3-storey rubble rear range has sashes with rubble flat arches but is partly obscured at ground floor by later extensions. Interior: plaster modillion cornices; dog-leg staircase with winders, stick balustrade and wreathed mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: SP5847222520