Building record 1320714000 - 16-17 HIGH STREET, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Pair of eighteenth century houses on the High Street

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1160079: NOS 16 & 17 HIGH STREET (DBC5542)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. C18 front. Colour washed brick, old tiled roof. 2 storeys and attics, 4 wood mullion 2 and 3 light casements, ground floor cambered relieving arches. 2 gabled 2 light casement dormers. Left hand cut bracketed door hood, 2 right hand windows, 1 formerly a door, both under bracketed hood. Sprocket eaves, 1st floor brick band. Outbuildings adjoining No 2 on West, Nos 2 to 5 (consec), Nos 7 to 9 (consec), The Swan Public House, West Wycombe Branch County Library, Nos 10 to 13 (consec), No 15, Black Boy Cottage, The George and Dragon Inn and Nos 16 to 23 (consec) form a group (B1).

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>SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015. National Trust West Wycombe Village; Vernacular Buildings Synthesis Study.

Location

Grid reference SU 82954 94651 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2025 6:09PM

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