Building record 1460700000 - 43 and 45 London End (Peter Knight's)

Important for historic interest. On site of the Chequers public house which became the workhouse. That use ceased when the Union Workhouse was built in Amersham [opened 1839]. Present building erected early C20 (how much of the former building remained is not known) and was used as a convalescent home for sick children. Carriage entrance between 43 and 45 has Denner Hill setts in front as part of pavement. This is a local building of note within the Conservtation Area of Beaconsfield Old Town (B1).
The Chequers was first recorded in 1652 (B2).
The Convalescent Home in a Victorian house in London End [No 45] was opened by Gladys Meates and Edith Hennell in 1910 with accommodation for six children from Great Ormond Street Hospital and other London hospitals. In 1913 the Convalescent Home was extended into the next door house [No 43], with places for additional five children. In 1921 the home moved to bigger premises on Station Road (B2).
From October 1914 Belgian refugees were housed at the Convalescent Home until lodgings could be found for them. A total of 89 refugees passed through the Home during the First World War (B2).