Building record 1291708000 - THE WHITE HOUSE, BRADENHAM VILLAGE

Summary

Possible seventeenth or eighteenth century house, refronted in Gothick-style in the early nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1310723: THE WHITE HOUSE (DBC5766)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (Altered about 1800, 17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD? to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II+. House. Circa 1800 refronting of older building. Front is rendered and whitewashed with dentil cornice and stone-coped battlemented parapet. Brick gable ends with band courses, the right gable whitewashed. Steeply pitched slate roof with rendered central chimney. Parallel range to rear is of brick and flint with tiled roof and brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 5-bay Gothick front. Windows have 4- centred arched heads, wooden 'Y' tracery and narrow arched glazing bars. Centre bay has 2-storey projecting porch with canted corners and taller battlemented parapet. Half-glazed door with Gothick glazing, 4-centred arch, and wooden doorcase. Doorcase has panelled pilasters, frieze with elongated quatrefoils, and small cornice hood on shaped scroll brackets. Above door is a small round window. Lean-to to right. Rear range has irregular gables and some old leaded windows. Interior not seen (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20224 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Bledlow &C. p31.

Location

Grid reference SU 82695 97132 (point)
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2009 1:06PM

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