Building record 1341800000 - The Old Town House, 2 High Street (Wendover Literary Institute)
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1118406: THE OLD TOWN HOUSE (DBC2238)
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Type and Period (2)
- LITERARY INSTITUTE (Built 1862-3, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- SURGERY (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. Dentists' surgery, formerly Wendover Literary Institute opened 1863, possibly designed by William Wilkinson of Oxford. Red brick with blue brick ornament and stone dressings. Steep pitched tiled roof with bands of fishscale pattern tiles, brick chimney, dentil brick eaves; 2 storeys. High Street elevation has projecting gable to RH, 3-light gothic arched window to 1st floor with colonnettes and moulded capitals, 2 segmental arched sashes to ground floor. Gabled porch in centre with gothic arched doorway, inscription and date on apex stone. 2-light gothic window to LH, RH light with sloping cill. Aylesbury Road elevation has full height canted bay to RH with gothic arched upper windows, segmental lower. Prominent location in village centre (B1).
The 'Wendover Literary Society' has recently been established (B2).
Historic photos of building in early ?1900s and ?1990s (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p91.
- <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p212.
- <3>SBC19640 Bibliographic reference: Paul Dabrowski and John How. 1999. Around Wendover And Halton. p18.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 86945 07883 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 23 2017 5:20PM
