Building record 1237513000 - THE GEORGE HOTEL, 73 WYCOMBE END

Summary

Sixteenth or seventeenth century timber-framed inn known as the George Inn, refronted in the eighteenth or nineteenth century and now a hotel

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1161052: THE GEORGE HOTEL (DBC1621)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD? to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
  • HOTEL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. The nucleus of the house is timber-framed and of C16/C17 date. A late C17 wing at the back. Street elevation; C18/C19 refronting. Red brick; old tile hipped roof with chimney on front slope and heavy timber corbelled eaves cornice. Three storeys. Second floor with four sliding casements set under cornice. First floor with 4 sashes with heavily moulded architraves and hoods. Ground floor cement rendered and with pilasters carrying an architrave and cornice extending across the building. On left hand a door with modern hood on brackets and on each side, one sash. On right hand, a carriage entrance. All windows with glazing bars. Rear wing chequer brick with coved cornice. Five window range of cross windows with leaded lights and gauged brick heads. Two blocked. Ground floor is more altered (B1).
The earliest documentary reference to The George is in 1428 (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p50.
  • <2>SBC27282 Bibliographic reference: Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. 2011. Britain in Old Photographs: Beaconsfield. pp26,27.

Location

Grid reference SU 94434 90099 (point)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 1 2025 10:08PM

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