Building record 1304203000 - OLD BRIDGE HOUSE

Summary

Nineteenth century Tudor-style town house called Old Bridge House, built in 1860.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1234806: OLD BRIDGE HOUSE (DBC5640)

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Type and Period (1)

  • TOWN HOUSE (Built 1860, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. C19 mansion in grand Tudor style. 2 storeys and attic. Flint and red brick details with generally stone mullioned windows. Wings generally terminate in Dutch style gables. On the east side there is a tower, with an ogee shaped cap, which includes the main entrance (B1).
Opposite Thames Lawn, also facing the river, old Bridge House, best seen from All Saints' churchyard. Of flint, brick and stone, victorian, tall with shaped gables and an ogee-capped tower. Very handsome. The builder in 1860 was a Mr Lovell, was he also the architect? (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3617 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1974. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p33.
  • <2>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p461.

Location

Grid reference SU 85177 86191 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2007 11:03AM

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