Building record 0941700000 - 1, 2 & 3 Anne's Corner, Bois Lane

Summary

Row of 3 houses and a shop, built about 1900 in Vernacular Revival style.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1247091: ANNE'S CORNER

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOUSE (Built about 1900, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • DAIRY? (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Three houses and shop, reputed to have been a dairy originally. Circa 1900, with some restoration after Second World War bomb damage. Vernacular Revival style. Ground floor mainly chequerwork flint and cemented brick but some repairs in red brick; first floor eclectic timberframing. Tiled roof with 5 clustered flint and cemented brick stacks set diagonally. Recessed centre with splayed ends. Two storeys; 6 windows. First floor is jettied and the central house has a pattern of close-studding with arches above and end curved windbraces. End houses have square panels and curved windbraces. Diamond-paned leaded light windows, first floor windows 3-light casements, ground floor windows are 3 or 5-light mullioned and transomed windows. Plank doors. Nos 1 and 3 have gable ends which formerly had exposed frame but are now tile-hung, above first floor of close-studding with curved braces above. Two gabled oriel windows supported on wooden brackets. No 1 has projecting 5-light bay. No 3 has a lightly projecting large bay replaced after bomb damage. Interior has exposed beams. This building is first shown on a postcard of 1905 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. Added 14th February 1996.

Location

Grid reference SU 96760 99233 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM BOIS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 26 2021 10:24PM

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