Building record 1320810000 - 58A HIGH STREET, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Early eighteenth century house, used as a shop in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, on the High Street in West Wycombe

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125139: NO 58A HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • SHOP (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Early C18 front, altered stucco faced ground floor with tiled hood, red and grey brick 1st floor, old and machine tiled roof. 2 storeys and attics. Ground floor has 3 light wooden mullioned shop window with glazing bars and wooden bressummer over window and doorway. 1st floor card and 3 light wooden mullioned easement window. 2 light hipped casement dormer window. Nos 35 to 37 (consec), The Church Loft, Nos 45 to 54 (consec), Nos 56 to 59 (consec) The Manor House, The Plough Inn, Premises occupied by Frank Hudson, The Old Smithy, West Wycombe Estate Office, Rose Cottage and Ness Cottage form a group (B1).
Historic building recording carried out by Oxford Archaeology in December 2012 and February 2013 during refurbishment works by the National Trust concluded that numbers 57 and 58 were constructed in the late 17th century whilst number 58a was constructed in the early 18th century and was in use as a shop in the 19th and early 20th century. See report for detail (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015. National Trust West Wycombe Village; Vernacular Buildings Synthesis Study.
  • <1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <2>SBC24407 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. 57 and 58a High Street, West Wycombe Village: Historic Building Recording and Investigation.

Location

Grid reference SU 82916 94661 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Historic building recording (Ref: 153 249, 153 250) (EBC17635)
  • Event - Survey: Historic Building Recording (Ref: WWBS12) (EBC17607)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)

Record last edited

Feb 8 2016 3:49PM

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