Building record 1343800000 - The Old Village Shop and Home Close, 50 & 51 Chenies Village

Summary

Pair of nineteenth century estate houses, built about 1840 and formerly the village shop and butchers.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1269106: THE OLD VILLAGE SHOP AND HOME CLOSE (DBC6758)

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Type and Period (5)

  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE COTTAGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE (Built about 1840, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • BUTCHERS SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • GENERAL STORE (20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • POST OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Pair of houses, formerly village shop and butchers premises. Circa 1840, built by the Bedford Estate. Red brick with some grey headers. Tiled roof One group of 9 clustered brick stacks and one off. Two storeys; 3 windows. End projecting gables and recessed centre of one bay. Casment windows. The Old Village Shop has canted bay to front and gabled porch with semi-circular fanlight to side. Home Close has hipped brick porch with sidelights to side and 3 windows on this elevation. Gables have blank panels above first floor windows, kneelers and chamfered pilasters (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Added 16th April 1996.

Location

Grid reference TQ 01980 98188 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 8:12PM

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