The Hermitage And Attached Lock Up

BICESTER LONDON ROAD SP5822S (East side) 3/57 No.17 (The Hermitage) and 31/01/52 No.17A and attached lock-up (Formerly listed as No. 17 (The Hermitage) GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. Late C17/early C18. Coursed limestone rubble with some stucco dressings; plain-tile roof with brick stacks. 3-unit plan, subdivided. 2 storeys plus attics. 5-window front has a regular arrangement of tall 3-light casements, all with painted moulded architraves and most with old casements; doors have been inserted between bays one and 2 and bays 4 and 5. Roof has 5 renewed roof dormers and 3 stacks. Rear has tall casements, probably originally cross windows, and has a gabled stair projection. Interiors not inspected. Former lock-up. Probably C18/early C19. Limestone rubble with Welsh-slate roof. Apsidal plan built against left gable wall of No.17. Ribbed door to rear. Half-conical roof has a square apex louvre. Interior: stone-vaulted ceiling with a barred shaft to the louvre. Now an outbuilding in the garden of No. 15 (Gaol Cottage) (not included). (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, p.18).

Listing NGR: SP5867722246