2-6 High Street And Monarchs Court, 2 Mill Lane

SU6191 7/52

BENSON HIGH STREET (South side) Nos.2 to 6 (even) - (Formerly listed as The Old Red Lion, Mill Lane)

GV II*

Includes No.2 (Monarchs Court) Mill Lane. Row of houses. C17, with probably late C17 front to left return and probably early C18 front. Grey brick with red brick dressings; old plain-tile hipped roof; brick ridge stacks. 2 storey, 9-window range. 6-panel doors with overlights and flat hoods to left and right of centre. 12-pane segmental topped sashes to all openings. Flat brick band between ground and first floor. Parapet to eaves. Left return: Coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings. 2 storey, 5-window range. Sash door with flat hood to left, 16-pane sashes to ground floor. Chamfered brick band between ground and first floor. 5 cross-windows to first floor. Chamfered brick band to eaves. Chamfered rusticated quoins to left and right. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. Reputed to be where Charles 1st held his court at Benson on his flight to Oxford during the civil war.

Listing NGR: SU6181791697