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A white, two-storey thatched cottage with a central brick chimney, set behind a low hedge and a gravel driveway in Hilton.

Oak Tree Cottage, Old Red Cow pub (RGL2025)

Oak Tree Cottage, Old Red Cow, Church End, Hilton

History of Oak Tree Cottage

Listed Building

C15 open hall with C17 cross-wing at left hand.

Dora Tack describes this as the thatched farmhouse of the White-Robinsons (which used to be the Old Red Cow public house). Jim Robinson and his wife Jinny sold greengrocery from a shed at the back of the farmhouse. His father, ‘Grandad Robinson’, and his mother also helped in the business.

Building dates

  • Built 1400–1499
Source for this date
  • Built 1400–1499: Listed building: C15 (grade II)

Tags

  • Listed building
  • medieval
  • Public House

Projects

  • Hilton

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