Building record 1457100000 - The Bull Hotel - Oxford Road

There are many modern extensions at the rear of the hotel which are not regarded as making a positive contribution. The central historic core and the ranges either side of it which front onto Oxford Road do make a positive contribution. Pevsner describes the Bull as “long, white and rambling and C18 in its tall central parts.” Formerly called the Oxford Arms and featured on the 1686 Bulstrode Estate map in a form with three gables facing the road. There is documentary evidence that the building was altered and extended around 1735. Not a true coaching inn but used by visitors to Bulstrode and private coach travellers. After 1918 it was used as staff accommodation for Bulstrode. There were extensive alterations during the 1930s after the building was sold off with the rest of the Bulstrode estate, and it reopened as a hotel. Expansion continues with a recent programme of extensions and alterations.This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross Centenary. (B1).