Building record 1257402000 - PRESTWOOD PARK HOUSE

Summary

Prestwood Park House, former mid-nineteenth century vicarage built in 1849, now an old people's home.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332534: PRESTWOOD PARK HOUSE (DBC7023)

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Type and Period (2)

  • VICARAGE (Built 1849, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • NURSING HOME (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Former vicarage, now old people's home. 1849. By E B Lamb. Rubble flint with sandstone quoins and limestone dressings. Tiled roof with projecting blocks of sandstone along gable verges. Stone stacks, large one on south wing of four clustered shafts. Two storeys, east elevation with three gables the left hand one set forward. Door with Tudor arch between two right hand gables. Two single light windows each side. Stone mullioned windows with cusped heads, 4-light on left of ground floor, 3-light above; 2-light stair window on left of door and 3-light to first floor right. Attic vents in gables. Wall to service yard on right with gate piers. Service wing on far right, one storey and attic, one upper window in gable with tile hanging above, gabled loft door in north roofslope (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p60; amended 14th November 1984.
  • <2>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.

Location

Grid reference SU 87381 99600 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 12 2020 11:15AM

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