Well House,Approximately 160 Metres South East Of The Fold is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. Well house.
Well House,Approximately 160 Metres South East Of The Fold
- WRENN ID
- pitched-quoin-nightshade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1966
- Type
- Well house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NORTH HINKSEY SP4905 11/67 Well House, approx. 160m SE of 09/02/66 The Fold (Formerly listed as Well House (part of the Fold)) - II* Well house. Built 1610 for Otho Nicholson. Limestone ashlar with C20 repairs; gabled C20 stone slate roof. One storey; 3-bay range. Moulded plinth course. Side walls each have 2 gabled buttresses. Front gable end has heraldic cartouche and 2-light vent abouve round-headed doorway: similar vent in rear gable wall. Cyma-kneelers to stone-coped gable ends. Interior not inspected. The springs on the hillside here supplied Oseney Abbey and the Friars Preachers of Oxford: the Well House was part of Otho Nicholson's scheme to bring this spring-water direct to "Carfax Conduit" in the centre of Oxford. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (Buildings of England: Berkshire, p.186; V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.IV, p.406).
Listing NGR: SP4952405048
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