Dawbers House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House.

Dawbers House

WRENN ID
pale-lintel-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LONG WITTENHAM WILSONS CLOSE SU5493 (East side) 9/104 Dawber's House

GV II

House. c.1911, date on left gable end of garden front. By Guy Dawber for himself. Red brick; complex old plain-tile roof; brick stacks. Complex plan. 2-storey, 4-window range. Sash door to centre with wood architrave surround with pediment. Irregular fenestration of metal leaded casements. End and lateral stacks with moulded brick bases and caps. Rear: central loggia under catslide roof with gabled cross-wings to left and right. Interior: moulded plaster border to entrance hall ceiling. Straight flight and winder stairs with lattice balustrade. Sitting room to left has shallow arched ceiling with moulded plaster bands and border. Georgian-style stone fireplace. Study, originally dining room, to rear right has deeply ribbed wood ceiling. Artisan-style stone fireplace with bronze medallions. Fitted sideboard to window recess with later doors to base. Original panelled doors with brass door furniture. (Lawrence Weaver: Small Country Houses of Today, Vol.2, 1922, p.109-114; Country Life, January 3rd, 1914, p.7-11).

Listing NGR: SU5440693698

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