Building record 1146700000 - THE BEECHES, 2 SCHOOL LANE

Summary

Eighteenth century house, used in the nineteenth century as a public house known as the Elephant.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118364: THE BEECHES (DBC2215)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • PUBLIC HOUSE (19th Century - 1858 AD to 1878 AD?)

Description

Grade II. House. C18, painted stucco on brick, old tile roof with flanking chimneys dentil brick eaves, 2-storeys, 3 bays of sash windows in reveals with sill and louvred shutters. French doors to LH of ground floor. Central panelled door with fanlight in semicircular arched opening with shallow reveals, within a portico having fluted Doric columns and pilasters entablature with dentil cornice. Flanking 2- storey wings with slate roofs (B1).
Former public house, The Elephant, open from 1858 to about 1878 or possibly closed in the 1890s (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p126.
  • <2>SBC24350 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2011. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Weston Turville.

Location

Grid reference SP 85421 10514 (point)
Civil Parish WESTON TURVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 20 2021 4:40PM

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