Muriel Beach Thomas

Muriel Beach Thomas is a house and shop located on the west side of Burford and Upton High Street. It dates from the late medieval period and has been largely remodelled in the 18th century. The building features random rubble construction with a Cotswold stone roof and a 20th-century ashlar chimney on the right. It is two storeys high and has two windows on the first floor, which are glazing-bar sashes with timber lintels. On the ground floor, there is a hollow chamfered 15th-century archway to the left with a moulded label, and a shop premises built out to the centre and right, made of squared rubble, which includes a shop window and an 18th-century four-panel door. An alleyway has closely spaced joists. At the rear, there is a one-bay extension with a chamfered mullion window in a rebated surround. Inside, the best feature is a built-in 17th-century cupboard with original hinges, with the lower part now functioning as a drawer in the north room on the first floor. The south room contains a chamfered fireplace with a chamfered cambered head wooden lintel. The roof structure has been altered, and the rear extension has a three-light mullion window on the first floor.