Ambrosden House Lairg House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1952. Town house. 1 related planning application.
Ambrosden House Lairg House
- WRENN ID
- young-banister-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1952
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- Ambrosden House Lairg House, 28, Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89654, -1.15169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ambrosden House and Lairg House is a substantial town house that has been converted into a shop and dwelling. It dates from the early 18th century and has undergone alterations. The building features colourwashed brick and coursed squared limestone, with old plain-tile roofs and brick stacks. It consists of a main range and rear service wings, standing two storeys plus an attic.
The front of the building has six windows and is made of brick, with a moulded dentil course. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, and there is a 20th-century shop front. The roof includes three flat-headed roof dormers and is hipped to the right. The cornice returns over the angled rubble end wall, which has a first-floor sash window and a blocked window below.
At the rear, there is a lower three-window rubble wing that likely underwent remodelling in the 19th century but still retains a datestone inscribed "H/RG/1688." This wing features 4-pane sash windows, with segmental arches at the ground floor, and an inserted doorway. Additional two-storey ranges parallel to the main range and the wing are constructed in 18th-century chequer brick and have sash windows along with a storey band. The interior has not been inspected. Ambrosden House once included No. 29A to the left.
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