Building record 1299302000 - KING WILLIAM IV PUBLIC HOUSE, SPEEN

Summary

Seventeenth century inn known as the King William IV, with eighteenth century alterations and nineteenth century extensions.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Speen Conservation Area (DBC7295)
  • Listed Building (II) 1332009: KING WILLIAM IV PUBLIC HOUSE (DBC5859)

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Type and Period (1)

  • INN (First mentioned 1668, 17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. Public house. Documented 1668 but probably altered or rebuilt early-mid C18. Chequer brick, moulded plinth, dentilled first floor band course. Old tile roof, tall central brick chimney. 2 storeys, cellar and attic; 2 bays, formerly with 5 bays of windows. Barred wooden casements with segmental heads: 3-light in right bay; single and 4-light to ground floor left, 2-light to first floor left. Blocked window with original gauged head to right, other traces of blocked windows. Central door in C19-C20 gabled brick porch with depressed arch. Paired casement to attic in right gable. Single storey brick and weatherboard extension to right. Rear has lean-to of early C19 flint and brick and central gabled bay with stairs to cellar. Interior has been altered (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p37.
  • <2>SBC23261 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2010. Speen Conservation Area Appraisal.

Location

Grid reference SU 84110 99914 (point)
Civil Parish LACEY GREEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2011 5:51PM

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