Wheatcroft is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House, inn. 1 related planning application.
Wheatcroft
- WRENN ID
- carved-joist-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House, inn
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FRITWELL NORTH STREET SP52NW (South side) 3/40 Wheatcroft - II
Inn, now house. Early/mid C17 and C18, altered and extended C20. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; Welsh-slate roof with stone-and-brick gable stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys. 2-window front of C18 range has a central doorway, plus 12-pane sashes at first floor with stop-chamfered lintels and tripartite sashes below, one re-sited. Lower C20 wing breaks forward to left and incorporates an earlier subsidiary range. Large C17 rear wing, returning from left end of C18 range, retains some old casements with stop-chamfered lintels, and has a canted 2-storey projection, probably formerly a staircase. Large stack on rear gable has 2 diagonal shafts, part ashlar and part brick. Interior: C17 range has stop-chamfered joists and beams, plus a large open fireplace with canted sides and a heavy bressumer with bold chamfer-stops. Formerly The Wheatsheaf Inn. C20 extension is not of special architectural interest. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol VI, p135)
Listing NGR: SP5224829421
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