Building record 1320603000 - 33 HIGH STREET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II*) 1332337: NO 33 HIGH STREET
Map
Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- BANK (FINANCIAL) (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II+. C18, altered. Tall 3 storeyed front 5 bays. Plum coloured stock brick with red brick dressings, old tiled roof. The front has angle Doric pilasters carried up to head of 1st floor windows and supporting elaborate panelled brick entablature with triglyphs, guttae, modillioned cornice across front over 1st floor windows. Smaller cavetto brick cornice over 2nd floor windows. Balustraded stone parapet. The central bay has a slight projection and 1st floor pulvinated frieze and the central 1st floor window has a carved brick surround with fluted Corinthian pilasters and musk key block. Bracketed stone-cornice above ground floor in centre. Sash windows with glazing bars, fluted keystones, ground and 1st floor segmental plinth, modern panelled 2 fold door in centre, formerly on right, with radiating glazing bars to rectangular fanlight, stone surround with cornice an consoles. Lower 1 bay extension on left hand of 2 storeys, formerly with modern door in surround with pediment. Interior of ground floor much altered, ? of upper floors.
Nos 33, 34 and the Three Tuns Public House form a group (B1).
Marked as 'London & County Bank' on 1874 County Town 50-inch OS map. Now NatWest Bank (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
- <2>SBC26256 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2023. Information from historic OS mapping.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 86639 92943 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
Record last edited
Jul 27 2023 8:32PM
