Building record 0454606000 - WEST LODGE TO DANESFIELD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1159825: WEST LODGE TO DANESFIELD HOUSE (DBC5500)
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Type and Period (2)
- GATE LODGE (Dated 1874, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. Former lodge, now house. Dated 1874 on plaque carved with arms of Charles Robert Scott Murray. Probably after design of Pugin who built the R.C. chapel in Danesfield grounds. Knapped flint with brick quoins, flush strings and surrounds to openings. Plain tile roof, crow-stepped gables with pyramidal brick coping and moulded brick kneelers. Central square brick chimney with off-sets and 'V' pilasters. 1½ storeys, 2 bays. Wooden cross windows with chamfered brick surrounds. Surrounds have pairs of small 4-centred arches set below 4-centred flush relieving arch. Central 2-storey projecting porch with crow-stepped gable, board door in 4-centred chamfered arch, stone lozenge with coat of arms, and pair of first floor lights with 4-centred relieving arch. 1984 single storey matching extension to right (B5).
Sources (2)
- <5>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C.
- <7>SBC5551 Bibliographic reference: GADSDEN & TREHERNE, OSBORN & MERCER. 1895. THE DANESFIELD ESTATE ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES NEAR HENLEY (AUCTION CATALOGUE).
Location
Grid reference | SU 81211 84362 (point) |
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Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 18 2025 1:16PM