Building record 0446503004 - SMALL TEMPLE, WEST WYCOMBE PARK
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II*) 1125124: SMALL TEMPLE, WEST WYCOMBE PARK
Map
Type and Period (3)
- GARDEN TEMPLE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- WATER TOWER (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- DOVECOTE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II+. Late C18 or early C19. Curved brick and stucco single storey structure with conical Welsh slate roof capped by ball finial. Fan shaped east portico, cement rendered with Greek Doric columns under simplified entablature of frieze and cornice. Flanking end wall bays, each with niche under panel, all framed by pilasters and entablature. Graded for group value. Former water tower with cistern space now a dovecote (B9).
Sources (16)
- ---SBC17191 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. 1968. Aerofilms oblique AP. SU829945. Yes.
- ---SBC17552 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16 16A. SU\829949. Yes.
- ---SBC17554 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/19. SU\828943. Yes.
- ---SBC17555 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/20. SU\828943. Yes.
- ---SBC17556 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/21. SU\828943. Yes.
- <1>SBC7342 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP414-421.
- <2>SBC14487 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP932-933.
- <3>SBC15481 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P135.
- <4>SBC11811 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP283-287 PL56.
- <5>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
- <6>SBC9890 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1977 PROPERTIES OF.
- <7>SBC6117 Bibliographic reference: HARRIS J 1979 THE ARTIST & THE COUNTRY HOUSE: A HISTORY OF COUNTRY HOUSE AND GARDEN VIEW PAINTING 15.
- <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <9>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
- <10>SBC4635 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC IN-TEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 B.
- <11>SBC9893 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1981 WEST WYCOMBE PARK (COPY, FILED).
Location
Grid reference | SU 4828e 1943e (point) |
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Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
Record last edited
Nov 29 2023 6:43PM