Alton House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Alton House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-attic-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Alton House, 29 and 31, Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
- OS grid reference
- SU 400 878
- Coordinates
- 51.58838, -1.42381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alton House is a house built around 1730-1740, which was refronted around 1780. It features Flemish bond brickwork with flared headers and has an old and 20th-century tiled roof with brick stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape and has two storeys with a three-window range. The entrance includes a late 18th-century six-panelled door with a decorative fanlight and a pedimented surround. There are gauged brick flat arches over tripartite sashes that flank the door, and stone lintels above the door and the flanking sashes. The house has a parapet and a gabled roof with gable end stacks.
To the rear right, there is a two-storey, two-window range that dates from the 18th century, rendered with a gabled old tile roof and a brick gable end stack. This section features a three-light leaded casement on the left side wall. Additionally, there is a one-storey and attic, two-window range at the rear, made of late 18th-century brick with a hipped old tile roof and a brick ridge stack. This part has segmental arches over late 19th-century two-light casements and a late 18th-century six-panelled door.
Inside, there are mid-18th-century panelled doors and a panelled room from around 1730-1740 with original cupboards flanking the fireplace in the front right room. The rear right section features a reset dog-leg staircase with a landing, dating from around 1730-1740, which has turned balusters on a closed string. A similar staircase leads to the attic, which includes plank doors with original fittings and a common-rafter roof.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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