Description

1.
5273 PATRIXBOURNE THE STREET
(west side)

Bifrons Cottage
TR 1855 28/473

II GV

2.
Probably the dower house of Bifrons mansion. Similar to the other cottages
ornés in the estate village built or altered in the mid-late C19, but larger.
The north-east front is half-H-shaped. Tiled roof with grouped chimney stacks.
Two storeys in painted brick, the first floor of the wings faced with roughcast.
Three gables. Three windows, casements. The first floor of the wings oversails
and is supported on elaborate carved columns. Scalloped bargeboards to the
gables. Small bay on the ground floor of the centre portion, including door
and flanking lights. The north-west front is of higher elevation. One window.
Gable with similar bargeboards and coronet and date 1870. Bay window of 3
tiers of 5 lights on ground and first floors. Small gabled porch to the north-east
of this.

Listing NGR: TR1887855357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26373084

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)