Building record 1414700000 - 115-139 Wendover Road

Summary

Row of late nineteenth century villas on Wendover Road

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Aylesbury, Walton and Wendover Road Conservation Areas

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Nos. 115, 119 to 121 and 125 to 139 are semi-detached, three-storey, late Victorian properties set slightly back from the road. The buildings are also constructed of brick but are either painted or rendered. Similar to their more substantial neighbours, these buildings are very ornate with decorative window surrounds, carved bargeboards, tiled gable roofs and prominent chimneystacks. This relatively short row of buildings forms an attractive and architecturally cohesive group of late 19th century development. Victorian development has had a significant visual impact upon Aylesbury and yet relatively few 19th century buildings are represented within the existing Conservation Area boundaries. The group of large villas situated along Wendover Road represent a more affluent housing type than the simple and modest vernacular 19th century buildings located on Granville Street and Ripon Street. The buildings are flamboyant in their detailing and large in scale, and due to their relatively good state of preservation arguably represent some of the most interesting and attractive examples of surviving Victorian architecture within the town. Although dislocated from the main Conservation Areas, nos. 115 to 145 Wendover Road are situated along one of the principal thoroughfares leading to the centre of Aylesbury and form a visually important and architecturally coherent group which is worthy of retention. These are all Local Building of Note within the Wendover Road Conservation Area. (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22151 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2004. Aylesbury, Walton & Wendover Road Conservation Areas. pg72.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 82771 12808 (87m by 64m)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 8:25PM

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