Building record 1459000000 - 9 Boscombe and 9 Woodside - Oxford Road

Pair of semi-detached cottages built in 1912 by local builder John Bailey who built the 18 cottages on the south-side of Pinewood Close in the same year. Set further back than numbers 5-7. Pitched roof covered with machined plain clay tiles and a chimney stack at each end of the roof. The stack on the western elevation is a significant feature in an exposed situation at the junction of Oxford Road and Dukes Wood drive. Pebbledashed walls painted white. Front bay windows to ground floor with plain clay tiled hipped roofs. The picket fence and informal ivy hedge to front add character. John Bailey also built much larger houses in Gerrards Cross, including his own house, the Rowans, and Badminton House, both in Marsham Way. He also built the NatWest bank on the corner of Station Road. This is a local building of note within the Conservtation Area of gerrards Cross. (B1)