Building record 1254300000 - WOODLANDS PARK

Summary

Woodlands Park, an early to mid-nineteenth century Italian-style country house, now a care home.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1158825: WOODLANDS PARK (RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR THE ELDERLY) (DBC6463)

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • NURSING HOME (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Early to mid C19, large Italianate villa; painted stucco, slate roof. Two storeys. Garden front has two full height semi-circular bays each side of centre with conical roofs and three sash windows each, the upper ones with glazing bars. Gabled wing on right, 3 storey tower on left with two round headed openings to top storey and pyramid roof (B1).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p28.
  • <2>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <3>SBC24809 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2016. Woodlands Park, Great Missenden: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.
  • <4>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.
  • <5>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference SP 88886 03370 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 27 2021 10:25PM

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