1 And 2, Brewer Street

BREWER STREET 1. 1485 (South Side) Nos 1 & 2 SP 5105 NW 12/585 12.1.54. II 2. House. 2 buildings. The main East block was built in 1596 and the West block was built by Oliver Smith, probably early in C17 and has since been rebuilt. There is an early C18 addition on the East and there are modern additions, including the upper part of the West block. On the North elevation , the East block is 2-storeyed ashlar with cellars and attics, a stone slate roof, and a moulded stone cornice with parapet above. Stone stacks. Some original 2-light "Tudor" windows with square labels and a continuous moulding running along the front. The C18 wood doorframe has a bracketed hood with a dentilled cornice. The West block is a rebuilt 3-storeyed stuccoed front on a stone base with a machine-tile roof and brick stacks; modern 3-light casement windows. There is a projecting wing at the back on the South. Interior:- RCHM p 176a. Includes original stone fireplaces, an early C17 plastered ceiling in the West block and C18 panelling. (See Oxf Preserv Trust Rept. 1936-7, p 53 and Oxf Hist Soc XXXIX, 44).

Listing NGR: SP5137605924