65 And 66, Butchers Hill

GREAT TEW B4022 SP3929 (West side) 10/29 Nos.65 and 66 (Butchers Hill Cottages) GV II Two cottages. Mid C19. Coursed squared marlstone with limestone-ashlar dressings; Westmorland-slate roofs and marlstone-ashlar stacks with limestone shafts. Single range with cross wing. C17 style. One storey plus attic. 2-window main range has a central chamfered doorway with a pointed-segmental arch and has stone-mullioned windows of 2 and 3 lights, all with labels. Doorway breaks forward flush with right bay which has a large gable with a pointed slit; stone-gabled half dormer in left bay. Crosswing to left projects further and has a 2-light mullioned window above a 4-light bay window with a stone roof; pointed slit in gable. Left return wall has similar windows and a central porch with an arched entrance. All windows have honeycomb lattice glazing. Roofs have gable parapets with projecting kneelers. Grouped stacks have square moulded caps. Interiors have slate stairs and concrete first floors. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.227; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.628).

Listing NGR: SP3926629159