2, London Road

BICESTER LONDON ROAD SP5822S (West side) 3/58 No.2 31/01/52 GV II

House, now part of hotel. Early/mid c17, altered C20; C18, limestone rubble with wooden lintels; old plain-tile root with rubble-and-brick ridge stack. 3-unit plan with rear service wing. 2 storeys plus attics and 2 storeys. 3-gabled 3-window front retains wooden ovolo-moulded mullioned-and-transomed windows at first floor, but at ground floor has a large inserted vehicular entrance, a C20 doorway, a C20 bay window, and a deep 3-light casement with a rendered wedge lintel which is probably C19. Gable windows are blocked except for a 2-light casement in the left gable. Massive rubble-based stack, to right of centre, has 3 diagonal brick shafts. Central gable to rear. Lower rear wing, returning on right, is probably mostly C18 but extends from a short C17 gabled wing; it has 2 plank doors, casements and a C19 brick external stair leading to an upper door. Interior not inspected. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, p.18; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.456).

Listing NGR: SP5864922277