Building record 1212200000 - THE SARACEN'S HEAD, LONDON END
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1124571: NOS 1 AND 3 AND NO 5 LONDON END (DBC1495)
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Type and Period (3)
- HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
- INN (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
Grade II. C16 origins almost entirely rebuilt 1893 by A Vernon. Ground floor colourwashed roughcast; first floor black applied boarding and colourwashed plaster; machine tile roof; 2 storeys. Ground floor with carriage entrance with wooden beam lintel, 2 modern entrances, and two 1:3:1 sashes. First floor with two 3-light bay windows on brackets with gables into roof, two 1:3:1 sashes and right hand corner with a 3-light bay window through 2 storeys. On the right hand return (Nos 1, 3 and 5 Windsor End) a long frontage, c1893, of sham timbering with stucco infill of lesser interest. The corner ground floor room of the front range has heavy ceiling timbers and a dragon beam. RCHM 1, p43, Item (6). Listed for group value (B1).
The Saracen'e Head Inn is first mentioned in documentary sources in 1545, although there is a reference to an inn on the site in 1242. [Photo taken in about 1885, before restoration] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p27.
- <2>SBC27282 Bibliographic reference: Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. 2011. Britain in Old Photographs: Beaconsfield. pp26, 30.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94551 90063 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Sep 8 2025 7:24PM
