Building record 1215400000 - OAK LODGE, DROPMORE

Summary

Mid-nineteenth century gate lodge at entrance to Dropmore estate

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  • Listed Building (II) 1161495: OAK LODGE

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Type and Period (1)

  • GATE LODGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. A gate house to Dropmore. Mid C19 and said to be to a design of Lady Grenville's. One storey plus attic. Picturesque in composition with an over- sailing upper storey and a big gable to the road. Built from medieval bench-ends, early Renaissance and Jacobean panels, oak chests and blocks used for printing cotton cloth etc. Also incorporated are twisted and fluted colonnettes (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p67.
  • <2>SBC24653 Unpublished document: Terra Firma. 2006. The Dropmore Estate, Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Landscape Conservation Plan.

Location

Grid reference SU 93208 86281 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Dropmore Estate, Landscape Conservation plan (EBC17757)

Record last edited

Nov 19 2023 1:53PM

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