Building record 0440904000 - SEVEN GABLE COTTAGES

Summary

Pair of nineteenth century architect-designed cottages designed by George Devey and built in about 1860

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125049: SEVEN GABLE COTTAGES

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Type and Period (3)

  • ESTATE COTTAGE (Built about 1860, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE? (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) JETTIED HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. C1860 by G Devey. Picturesque pair of cottages. Rubble stone plinth, red brick and Bath stone ground floor with half timbered gables and plain tile roof. Tall diagonal brick stacks, one on south side wall of crosswing, one on rear wall of main range. T plan, one and a half storeys. Leaded windows throughout. Crosswing has west gable with oversailing timbered upper floor with 3-sided oriel set under projecting apex of gable. Ornate bargeboards. On south side a tiled porch with turned baluster screens each side. One half-dormer. Long range is lower with a stone mullion and transom 4-light window and a door in arched surround on the west front (B7).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC15712 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP241,243.
  • <2>SBC5608 Bibliographic reference: GENTS MAGAZINE LIBRARY ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY P287.
  • <3>SBC7745 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP296-297.
  • <4>SBC14364 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP 854-855.
  • <5>SBC11687 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP98-99 & PL61A.
  • <6>SBC9891 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1977 PROPERTIES OF....
  • <7>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p211.
  • <8>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.

Location

Grid reference SU 90900 84766 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 2:27PM

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