Building record 1287802000 - KINGSDIAL COTTAGE, HENLEY ROAD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1159799: KINGSDIAL COTTAGE (DBC5494)
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Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- ESTATE COTTAGE (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. House, formerly gardener's house. Mid C19, extended C20. For estate of Charles Robert Scott Murray of Danesfield. Coursed and knapped flint with brick dressings; plain tile roof; brick chimney to left with row of 3 square shafts linked at cap and string. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. Right bay slightly advanced and gabled with bargeboards. Cast iron diagonal lattice casements in chamfered brick surrounds, 2-light to ground floor left and first floor. Upper windows in left bays are in semi-dormers with half-timbered gables. Central C20 door in C20 lean-to porch. Right bay has 4-centred chamfered brick arch, now with leaded glazing but formerly open with passage through to kitchen garden. Sundial in stone surround above; knapped flint and stone plaque with initials SM in gable. C20 matching bay and double garage to right; other C20 U-plan extensions to left incorporating small C19 outbuilding (B1).
1895 plan & description (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C. p58.
- <2>SBC5554 Bibliographic reference: GADSDEN & TREHERNE, OSBORN & MERCER 1895 THE DANESFIELD ESTATE ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES NEAR HEN.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 81576 85122 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 25 2025 4:23PM
