Building record 1140600000 - 21 & 23 HIGH STREET

Summary

Two seventeenth century timber-framed shops, formerly part of an inn known as the King's Head

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118411: NOS 21 & 23 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (3)

  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • INN (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1963 AD)

Description

Grade II. Shops, formerly part of Kings Head Inn. C17 altered. Timber framed, colourwashed stucco to front, old tile roof with 2 gables to LH, steep pitched 3 bay section to RH with 3 C19 chimneys, 2 rendered. 2 storeys, the ground floor has projecting shop front, LH bay with balustraded parapet, RH half with small tiled roof, all supported on wooden posts. On first floor, 3-light casements to each of the gables on the LH, a deeper 3-light casement in the central bay. 3-light and 2-light casements to the RH bays. Door with hood on brackets to LH of ground floor. LH flank wall rebuilt C20 brick below, tile hanging above. Rear wing C19 flint and brick, slate roof, 1½ storeys. RCHM I p.307 MON.20 (B1).
The Kings Head moved premises from 1 High Street to 21 High Street. Part of inn premises demolished in 1963 (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p.96.
  • <2>SBC24507 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2011. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Wendover.

Location

Grid reference SP 86806 07790 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2017 5:41PM

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