Burford's Buildings, Witney Street
North Side
Several houses at Witney Street's north-west end (before the modern cul-de-sac of Sylvester Close) began as outbuildings for premises on High Street. No. 3 (The Coach House), now lit by 20th-century windows to the street, was a warehouse in the mid 19th century, associated probably with the Bull Inn and later with 99 High Street. Almost certainly the building has earlier origins, however. A cottage here was acquired in 1494 by Thomas Poole of London, who ten years later conveyed it to trustees for charitable uses. During the 16th century it was usually called a woolhouse, and in the 17th century a barn. In 1580 the lessee was Burford’s leading mercer, Simon Wisdom. [BR 335–39, 342–3, 351, 353, 518–19]
Collection Items
The large gable facing the street at No.
Several houses at Witney Street's north-west end (before the modern cul-de-sac of Sylvester Close) began as outbuildings for premises on High Stree
Most of the present house is late 17th-century, built probably by the chandler Thomas Parsons who owned and lived in it in 1708.
In the 19th century this long range comprised two pairs of cottages.
This site formerly included two cottages, shown in 1920s photographs.