Building record 1466300000 - Outbuilding on village green - Village Road

Summary

Outbuilding on village green - built in either 19th Century or 20th Century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Denham Conservation Area (DBC7385)

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Type and Period (2)

  • SHELTER (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • SHED (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Brick and timber building used as a store/garage and the last vestige of a group of houses and buildings which stood where the green was created (Island Cottages). Red and grey brick unusually in English bond. Brick dentils at eaves. Fully hipped roof – old clay tiles. Door of stained black timber. Bricks scratched with graffiti. Stone plaque inscribed “As a bee gathers nectar without harm to the flower so let a wise man dwell in the village Gautama”. This is a translation of part of the Dhammapada by the Buddha Gautama.This is a local building of note within the Conservation area of Denham. (B1)

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23427 Unpublished document: South Bucks District Council. 2008. Denham Conservation Area Character Appraisal.

Location

Grid reference TQ 04041 87068 (point)
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2024 1:23PM

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