Building record 1452500000 - Numbers 65 - 83 - Packhorse Road

Summary

Group of buildings designed between about 1924 to 1926

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Gerrards Cross Centenary Conservation Area (DBC7372)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (Designed about 1924 - 1926, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Parade of shops with flats over. 65 is HSBC bank which extends round corner into Ethorpe Crescent. 83 is Robert Newby estate agents which rounds corner into the northern end of Ethorpe Crescent, opposite the Ethorpe Hotel. Similar in style to 59-63 but central section has two half-timbered gables with bay windows to echo Tudorbethan parades opposite. Eye-catching features are the oval windows at either end of the parade in the canted ends. The end buildings (65 & 83) have stone dressings. Bank has carved stone doorcase and cornice. Robert Newby has stone cornice and shop front. Designed between about 1924 and 1926. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross Centenary. (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23414 Bibliographic reference: South Bucks District Council. 2009. Character Appraisal: Gerrards Cross Common Conservation Area and Gerrands Cross Centenary Conserbvation Area.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 00380 88796 (33m by 45m)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 7:48PM

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