Oxfordshire's Egyptian-style house among Britain's most surprising listed buildings

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Sphinx Hill in Moulsford, an Egyptian-style house completed in 1999, is Britain's youngest listed building and has been named one of the country's most surprising by The Telegraph.

Sphinx Hill in Moulsford has been named one of Britain's most surprising listed buildings in a Telegraph list of ten structures with 'bracing backstories'. The Egyptian-style house, completed in 1999, is the youngest listed building in the country and holds Grade II* listing status, which is given to buildings described as 'particularly important buildings of more than special interest'.

Designed by John Outram Associates, the building features polychromatic Egyptian styling and has been described as looking 'like a jazzed-up version of all those Lego-esque office buildings and retail spaces you see all over the UK'. It was given its Grade II* listing as 'a tour-de-force of domestic Post-Modernism' and 'a rare and individualistic late-20th-century contribution to the Egyptian revival tradition'.

Moulsford is a small Thames-side village opposite South Stoke on one of the prettiest stretches of the River Thames. The village has been used as a filming location for the television series Midsomer Murders.

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Listed building in Oxfordshire village among Britain's top 10 most surprisingA listed building in Oxfordshire is one of Britain’s most surprising, according to a list from The Telegraph.Oxford Mail · 14 Nov, 13:52
Listed building in Oxfordshire village among Britain's top 10 most surprisingA listed building in Oxfordshire is one of Britain’s most surprising, according to a list from The Telegraph.Oxfordshire Guardian · 14 Nov, 13:52

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