Building record 1319802000 - 32 & 33 CROWN COURT

Grade II. No 32 includes the former No 31. C17 range of cottages on east side of Crown Court. Timber framed with flint rubble and red brick nogging, old tiled roof. 2 storeys; 5, formerly 3, flush set casements. Cut bracketed doorhoods, doorway on right blocked and casement substituted. Nos 27 to 30 (consec), Nos 32 and 33 form a group (B1).
Historic building recording carried out by Oxford Archaeology in October 2013 during refurbishment works by the National Trust concluded that the building was constructed in the late 17th or early 18th century. The 1993 vernacular building survey had identified remains of possible cruck-blades within the roof but more detailed recording suggested that the roof was constructed with cranked inner principles - a distinctive local type. The roof timbers were assessed for dendro-dating but found to have been too fast growing to be suitable for dating. See report for detail (B2).