Building record 1302103000 - 38, 40 & 42 HIGH STREET

Summary

Eighteenth century house, now divided into three shops and offices.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1159662: NOS. 38, 40 AND 42 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (3)

  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Former Type) HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Offices and shop, formerly one house. Mid-late C18. Vitreous header brick with red brick quoins, window surrounds and moulded eaves cornice. Chamfered brick plinth. Right gable part tile-hung. C20 tile roof, flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. 3-pane sashes with gauged heads, the ground floor windows taller than those above. All sashes renewed C20. 2 gabled dormers with paired barred wooden casements. Central early C19 double doors with rectangular fanlight, each door with one long panel. Doorcase has panelled reveals, flanking attached columns with elaborated Doric capitals, and open moulded pediment (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p82.

Location

Grid reference SP 80851 03414 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 20 2018 12:46PM

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