Studley Almshouses

HORTON CUM STUDLEY STUDLEY SP5912 14/64 Studley Almshouses 26/11/51 GV II* Shown on Ordnance Survey Sheet as Studley Cottages. Row of 4 almshouses, probably formerly 8. Built 1639 for Sir George Croke. Brick in English bond with limestone-ashlar dressings; old plain-tile roof with brick ridge stacks. Single range of 2-unit lobby-entry plans, probably each originally 2 dwellings. Single storey. Symmetrical front, with moulded brick plinth and dentil eaves course, has 4 stone doorways with chamfered 4-centred arches, recessed spandrels and labels, each between a pair of 3-light concave-chamfered stone-mullioned windows with labels. The old plank doors and hinges are probably original. The 4 moulded brick stacks each have 2 diagonal shafts with corbelled caps, one stack with the remains of a stone sundial. A stone tablet on the front wall has a Latin inscription which includes the date. Rear wall formerly had only one small slit window to each unit; present casements and doors are C20 insertions. Interior: blocked fireplaces with cambered stop-chamfered bressumers; some old plank doors. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.58; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.656).

Listing NGR: SP5977712367