Building record 1014900000 - CHESHAM HOUSE, 160 HIGH STREET
Summary
Early nineteenth century public house, known as The Railway Inn, now a house.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1287357: CHESHAM HOUSE (DBC4422)
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Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (20th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2099 AD)
- INN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD?)
Description
Grade II. House. Early C19. Red brick, slate roof, boarded eaves. 2 storeys and cellar, 3 bays. Outer bays have canted bay windows with cornice tops and sashes to ground floor, and 4-pane sashes with gauged brick heads, to first floor. Centre bay has C20 paired barred wooden casement to first floor, and door with 2 long panels in wooden surrounds of segmental pilaster strips and small hood on carved scroll brackets. Cellar window to left (B1).
The Railway Inn, owned by the Chesham and Brackley Brewery. It was renamed Chesham House when it became the home of the Midgley family (B2).
Now a private house. Red brick with slate roof. 2 storeys and 3 bays with ground- floor bay windows and steps up to the front door (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow. p72.
- <2>SBC19641 Bibliographic reference: Terry Foley and Julian Hunt. 1997. Winslow. Caption to upper photo, p74.
- <3>SBC24473 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2010. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Winslow.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 76966 28074 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 23 2025 4:02PM
