Ambrosden House Lairg House

BICESTER MARKET SQUARE SP5822S (South side) 3/93 No.28 (Ambrosden House and 31/01/52 Lairg House) GV II

Substantial town house, now shop and dwelling. Early C18, altered. Colourwashed brick and coursed squared limestone; old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. Main range plus rear service wings. 2 storeys plus attic and 2 storeys. 6-window brick front, with moulded dentil course, has 12-pane sashes at first floor plus a C20 shop front. Roof has 3 flat-headed roof dormers and is hipped to right, the cornice returning over the angled rubble end wall which has a first-floor sash plus a blocked window below. Lower 3-window rubble rear wing, returning on right was probably remodelled C19 but retains a datestone inscribed "H/RG/1688"; it has 4-pane sashes, segmental-arched at ground floor, plus an inserted doorway. Further 2-storey ranges, parallel to the main range and the wing, are in C18 chequer brick with sash windows and a storey band. Interior not inspected. Ambrosden House formerly included No.29A (q.v.) to left. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, p.18).

Listing NGR: SP5846522340