Building record 1114300000 - OLD READING ROOM COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET
Summary
Nineteenth century reading room built about 1850 and incorporating an older building, now a house.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1214399: OLD READING ROOM COTTAGE
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Type and Period (4)
- READING ROOM (Built about 1850, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE? (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- (Alternate Type) LIBRARY (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. House, formerly reading room with flat to left. Circa 1850, incorporating older building. Coursed rubble stone, dressed stone surrounds to doors and windows. Old tile roof, flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Windows have stone mullions and barred lights. Large 3-light window to right,similar smaller window to ground floor left. 2 left-hand bays have 2- light windows to first floor with segmental relieving arches and gables over. Central half-glazed door with gabled timber and tiled hood on moulded stone corbels. Lean-to at rear. Built as part of a scheme for improving the village by Sir Henry Acland, Master of Ewelme (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p12.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 64541 23080 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARSH GIBBON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 5 2009 6:33PM
