Building record 6132/0/17 - No. 50 Main Road (Beech Tree House)

House. C17, extended and altered C18 and C20.

{1} House. C17, extended and altered C18 and C20. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, artificial stone slate roof, stone stacks. Through passage plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Doorway in second bay from right has wood lintel and plank door. Porch made up from re-used C19 wood carvings with twisted columns and thatched roof. Window to right has concrete lintel and 3-light wood casement. Semi-circular bread oven projecting to left. Windows in left bay and second bay from left, have wood lintels and 2-light wood casements. Window in third bay from left, 3-lights with transom, iron casement and wood lintel. 2-light casement windows with wood lintels on first floor. Stack to right of centre C18 and C20 extensions to rear. Interior: Stop chamfered spine beams and joists. Open fireplace and bread oven. Original winder staircase. Included as a documented example selected by R. Wood-Jones to illustrate the development of a small C17 house. (R.B. Wood-Jones, Traditional and Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region 1963, p.88-90, plan and elevation).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/184 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Middleton Cheney (Photographs). SNN112889.

Record last edited

May 18 2026 2:59PM