These neighbouring houses on the Marcham Road are currently used for education. The buildings are too big for your average family home and so have found other uses – first business and now education. But as the need for housing grows they could become housing again on a smaller scale.
The one that was the Radcliffe Publishing Company until two years ago now houses a nursery. That nursery moved in 2012 from another large house not far away on the Faringdon Road in Abingdon. Before the plans for the nursery the landlords had previously got planning permission to change the house to flats with smaller units of housing behind. I don’t know if that will happen now the nursery has moved in, but it could be still an option.
Next door is a school described as ‘Outstanding’ by Oftsed for young students with dyslexia.
The Landlord has recently obtained planning permission to convert that particular house back to housing, with extra housing behind.
But that will not happen quite yet. The school had the painters in over summer. And the school has an agreement with the landlord that they can stay until they find somewhere better. But the growing demand for housing means that large houses like these two have the option to become houses again – split up into flats hiding new small houses behind.
It’s a great shame about the school. I was at the opening, which was carried out by Jackie Stewart in 2008/09 or maybe a year earlier.
I am sad to hear that the School is going to move. I live near there and it was lovely to see the children outside playing and enjoying themselves. It was/is a great addition to this part of the route to and from the town. Along with the new nursery, it gives some life where there are all too many flats and developments.
Sad for the schools. I hope when they’re turned into flats they’ll be done very in the best quality. Beautiful houses need to be kept beautiful.
The traffic will be affected for these houses. Isn’t this the spot where the pinchpoint for all the extra traffic on the Drayton Road is supposed to go? The idiots that think a road crossing is going to cure the traffic ills by this end of town will probably agree to more houses in these lovely, old and currently useful buildings.
Eddie, I couldn’t agree with your comments more.