Building record 1320808000 - 53, 54 & 56 HIGH STREET

Summary

Three eighteenth century houses on the High Street, West Wycombe

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1160209: NOS 53 & 54, NO 56 HIGH STREET (DBC5563)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Grade II. No number 55. C18. Colour washed brick, old tiled roof. 2 storeys. Ground floor; No 53 has 6 panelled door, 3 light wooden mullioned casement and double hung sash window. No 56 has 6 flush panelled door, canted wooden oriel window on brackets and left hand passageway, all under cornice hood. 1st floor 2 double hung sash windows in surrounds, band interupted by windows. Glazing bars to all windows. No 54 (incorporating No 55), at the back, is C18, of flint rubble with red brick dressings quoins and flush sill bands, old tiled roof. 2 storeys, 2 casements, ground floor windows with cambered relieving arches. 6 panelled door, doorway on north now blocked up. 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SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015.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 Centred SU 82934 94664 (1m by 0m)
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 9:19PM

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