Part Of Whateley Hall Hotel / Whately Hall Hotel

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BANBURY HORSE FAIR SP4540NW, SP4540SW (West side) 6/97, 9/97 Nos.16,17,18 and 19 (Whately 09/04/52 Hall Hotel) (Formerly listed as No.16 part of Whateley Hall Hotel) GV II

Hotel. C17 with later alterations and additions including C20 front. Dated 1652 to rear. 1949 restoration work to No.19 bears inscription: "Architect Thos. W.

Knight. Mason fixer G.H. Paintain". 3 ranges. 2 storeys plus attic throughout.

Ironstone ashlar. Stone slate roofs to front, plain tile to rear. Stone ridge, lateral and end stacks. Tudor Revival front elevation has bay windows, stone mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulds and label stops and gable front attic dormers. 5 entrances including reset original 4-centred arched doorway to main entrance. Rear elevation: 2 storeys plus attics. 4 gabled bays. Crenellated 2-storey bay window to left. Renewed gabled bay to right. 3,5 and 6-light stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops. Renewed stonework in most windows. Renewed stone doorways. Interior: C17 open well staircase with a moulded handrail and C18 twisted balusters. Oak panelling. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.443; Potts, W.: A History of Banbury, 1978, p.205; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.X, p.29).

Listing NGR: SP4526840481

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1517 IOE Records taken by Barry Paginton; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Barry Paginton. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project