Building record 1320800000 - 45-47 HIGH STREET, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Row of three, formerly four, seventeenth century timber-framed cottages on the High Street

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332360: NOS 45 TO 47 HIGH STREET (DBC6041)

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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. 3, formerly 4, C17 cottages. Colour washed brick ground floor, timber framed 1st floor with colour washed brick nogging, old tiled roof. 2 storeys and attics, 4 casements with wood mullions. 1st floor windows 3 light, ground floor windows 2 light except for right hand 3 light window with cambered relieving arch. All windows flush set with glazing bars. Bracketed doorhoods. Left hand gabled dormer. RCHM, p 319. Nos 35 to 37 (consec), The Church Loft, Nos 45 to 54 (consec), Nos 56 to 59 (consec) Steps House, The Plough Inn, The Apple Orchard, The Old Smithy, West Wycombe Estate Office, Rose Cottage and Ness Cottage 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SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015.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 83000 94671 (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 8:14PM

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