Oken's House, Warwick

Thomas Oken's house

Image courtesy of Gary Stocker.

Description of this historic site

Late 15th century important timber framed house. Long inscription on gable end facing up the street states that Thomas Oken, who was a wealthy merchant of the town (died 1573), gave this house for charitable purposes - it was restored in 1864.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Late 15th century important timber framed house. Long inscription on gable end facing up the street states that Thomas Oken, who was a wealthy merchant of the town (died 1573), gave this house for charitable purposes – it was restored in 1864. This gabled end is jettied at first floor and has a certain amount of heavy curved timber framing which is original. Practically all of the remainder of the external framing and infilling appears to date from the 19th century but the character of the building has been preserved.
2 3 A photographic record of Oken’s House was undertaken with the building empty. No formal report was ever produced, but a copy of the photographs are in the FI file.