Combe House is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. School.
Combe House
- WRENN ID
- proud-granite-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST THOMAS' STREET 1. 1485 (South Side) Combe House (formerly listed under High Street, St Thomas) SP 5006 SE 7/124 12.1.54. II 2. Marked on Ordnance Survey as Comer House. Known also as Gate House. Built in 1702 by John Coombe, "citizen and Plaisterer of London", as a school. Dated inscription panel on north front. 2-storeyed stone with stone copings and a stone slate roof in which are gabled attic cormers. There is a stone band at the 1st floor and a coved moulded eaves cornice in wood. 2 stone-based stacks on the south with modern brick shafts. Mostly original 2-light stone-framed casement windows with leaded lights and plain mullions. The east doorway has a plain frame in stone with a moulded pediment. History. A drawing of 1821 by J C Buckler is in Bodleian M S Don. a. 3.II, 106. For inscription see Gents Mag. January 1809.
Listing NGR: SP5063806142
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