Building record 1320720000 - 22-23 HIGH STREET, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed houses on the High Street

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332357: NOS 22 & 23 HIGH STREET (DBC6038)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. C17, altered. Colour washed brick ground floor, timber framed and plaster 1st floor, old tiled roof with gable to road. Right hand: 2 storeys and attics, gable window. Left hand single storey wing with 3 flush set casement windows, wood mullions, 2 and 3 lights. 1st floor canted oriel bay window with gabled hood. Doorhood with tiled roof. 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SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015.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 83024 94656 (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 6:59PM

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