Building record 1452400000 - Numbers 59 - 63 - Packhorse Road

Three storey shopping parade including flats over the shops. Decorative use of red/brown brick. Canted ends at 59 (Smiths) and 63 (Veritas) to round the corners at junctions . Two gables and hipped roofs at terrace end. Chimney stack. Vertical emphasis. Plans included buildings around corner on south side of Ethorpe Crescent. Downpipes hidden in brick/tile consoles. Cast iron rainheads. Herringbone brick patterns, gauged brickwork and rusticated quoins all add to visual interest. Some original doors in Ethorpe Crescent. Also some original casement leaded light windows retained. Designed between 1923 and 1925 by J Stanley Beard. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross Centenary. (B1).