Description

CHIPPING NORTON NEW STREET SP 3027-3127 (south side) 3/67 Chipping Norton Recording - Studios (formerly British Schools) GV II Former house, then British Schools, now recording studios. Circa 1730 house enlarged in 1854 to form the schools. Coursed and squared rubblestone with stone dressings and a gabled slate roof with 2 ridge stone stacks and open ridge stove flue placed centrally. The centre of the roadside facade is the 2-storey original house of 5 bays with banded quoins, projecting architraves and proud keystones to the 12-pane C20 windows; first floor platband and moulded cornice. This last was given a stepped parapet proclaiming 'British Schools' in 1854. To this 5 bay section were added 2 flanking extensions, the left for the boys, the right hand for the girls. These have the first floor band which links them with the original house and similar dressings to the windows. The boys' section has C19 12-pane sashes to its 2 upper windows and a 16-pane sash to the ground floor opening. To the left of this is a 4-panel door with 2-pane rectangular fanlight and to the right a C20 door with glazed rectangular fanlight. The girls' section of 2 bays has C20 fenestration and a C20 eight panel door with rectangular fanlight above.

Listing NGR: SP3120727076

External Links

• Chipping Norton Recording Studios at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5101705

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