Building record 1138200000 - OLD CORNER HOUSE & OLD COACH HOUSE, 1 & 2 BACK STREET

Summary

Three eighteenth century houses, formerly a hotel.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118437: OLD CORNER HOUSE AND OLD COACH HOUSE (DBC2252)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1930 AD)
  • HOTEL (Modern - 1935 AD to 1970 AD)
  • HOUSE (Modern to 21st Century - 1970 AD to 2099 AD)

Description

Grade II. Three houses, formerly hotel, fronting Aylesbury Road. C18, brick with gauged brick aches, some with soffits cut in ornamental patterns. Old tile roof hipped at corner, brick chimneys, moulded wood eaves. 2 storeys on high plinth, former attic (dormers removed 1975). Front of 5 wide bays each containing 2 windows, separated by narrow brick recesses, except central bay which has wide carriage arch now filled in with window to ground floor, below 1st floor window flanked by 2 narrow brick recesses. Door with stone steps between 1st and 2nd bays from LH. Ground floor sashes have architrave frames and moulded brick cornices above arches. 1st floor sashes 4 panes wide in reveals. Flank elevation to Back Street has 1 bay with pair of blank windows. Rear elevation restored 1976 (B1).
Formerly the Maidenhead, alternative names Corner House Hotel and Old Corner House. List of documentary evidence (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p82.
  • <2>SBC24507 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2011. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Wendover.

Location

Grid reference SP 86950 07898 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 23 2017 5:53PM

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