Building record 1402500000 - 22-26 High Street, Buckingham

The majority of the buildings in this section of the High Street are situated hard up to the back edge of the pavement forming a virtually unbroken built frontage. The only breaks within the built form are located between nos. 23 and 24, providing access to Toombs Yard and a carriageway entrance between nos. 26 and 27 giving access to the Paynes Court development. The continuous built form, strong building line and slightly elevated position of this row of properties gives them a prominence within the streetcape and helps to define and enclose the north-western side of the Cattle Market.
Variety is introduced into the street scene by the assorted widths and heights of elevations which range from the narrow, tall elevations of nos. 24 and 25 to the wide 19th century elevations of no. 26. Buildings range in height from two to three storeys and storeys vary in height from the relatively squat proportions of nos. 27 to 30 (consecutive) to the tall and more elegant proportions of no. 26.
With the exception of the coursed stone rubble elevation of no. 32, all the buildings along this section of the High Street are constructed of brick or timber or a combination of both. A number of buildings including nos. 22, 24 and 26 are rendered. No. 35 (The Well House) is rendered with incised masonry patterns.
All the buildings in the row have gabled roofs with ridgelines that run parallel to the street. Roofs are laid in either handmade plain clay tiles or natural slate and roof pitches vary accordingly. Many of the principal roof planes are punctuated by gabled or flat roofed dormers which vary in size although the windows themselves are generally single glazed wooden casements.
Variations in the treatment and arrangement of windows enliven the elevations of buildings within the row. Nos. 23, 26 and 31 present elevations of regularly arranged and elegantly proportioned single glazed wooden sash windows. In contrast the majority of the other properties have irregularly arranged fenestration patterns and display a mixture of singleglazed wooden sashes or flush fitting single-glazed wooden casements. There are also a number of examples of ground floor canted bay windows including nos. 26, 29, 33, 34 and 36, High Street. Local Building of Note within the Conservation Area of Buckingham (B1).