Building record 0463100001 - WESTFIELD COTTAGES
Summary
Each of twelve houses with over-door lunette depicting a month
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Modern - 1901 AD to 1945 AD)
Description
Plan Form - Semicircular.
Over the front door of each semi-detached cottage is a painted terracotta lunette depicting 1 of the 12 months of the agricultural year. Glazed ware made at Marlow Common in craftsman tile works (B1-3).
Tympana illustrate labours of the months: No.1 showing gathering of firewood (January), No.2 showing a shepherd and his sheep (February), No. 3 showing threshing with a flail (March), No. 4 sowing (April), No.5 showing yoked horses harrowing (May), No.6 showing the corn harvest (June), No.7 showing hay-making (July), No.8 gleaning (August), No.9 showing the apple harvest (September), No.10 showing milking (October), No. 11 showing ploughing (November) and No. 12 digging (December) (B2).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC6593 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 01 01 (FILED ).
- <2>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C.
- <3>SBC62 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE JAN 1980 FIELD VISIT.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 79840 84560 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Dec 1 2023 11:53AM
