Building record 1156100000 - 91 & 93 HIGH STREET

Summary

Pair of architect-designed estate cottages, built about 1880-1890

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1319278: NOS 91 AND 93 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (Built about 1880-90, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE COTTAGE (Built about 1880-1890, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Pair of estate cottages. Circa 1880-90, by W. Taylor of Bierton, for Ferdinand de Rothschild. Red brick, roughcast upper storey, first floor brick string course. Tiled roof, brick chimneys with off-set heads to left and between right bays, the latter with pilasters. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Ground floor has 3-light wooden casements with segmental heads; first floor has 3-light casement to left, and small gabled semi-dormer with oriel window to centre. 2-storey gabled porch projection between left bays is half-timbered with tile-hung upper storey jettied on beam ends; board door with flanking single lights, 3-light oriel window above. Between right bays string course is broken upwards over terracotta plaque with Rothschild badges. Right side of house has single-storey gabled porch. Included for group value (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19269 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p64.

Location

Grid reference SP 74100 16854 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2023 1:08PM

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