Building record 1043101000 - WALL FRONTING THAME ROAD AT FORT END HOUSE

Summary

Eighteenth and nineteenth century witchert garden wall and attached witchert summerhouses.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118242: WALL FRONTING ROAD WITH GARDEN ROOMS AT EACH END AT NUMBER 2 (FORT END HOUSE) (DBC2157)

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Type and Period (3)

  • BOUNDARY WALL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SUMMERHOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SUMMERHOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Boundary wall and, at each end, garden rooms. C18 and C19. Witchert. The wall has a high rubblestone plinth, is roughcast and has a tile and ridge tile coping. The south-east garden room has a pyramidal old tile roof a board door at its west side and a 2-light north facing leaded casement. The south west garden room has a pyramidal thatched roof, a board door facing east and a north facing 2-light casement (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19924 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Ashendon &C. p118.

Location

Grid reference SP 73980 08870 (point)
Civil Parish HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 6 2022 1:41AM

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