Building record 1480500000 - 120, 122 & 124 High Street

Summary

Row of three late nineteenth century Rothschild Estate cottages

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Waddesdon Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • ESTATE COTTAGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Row of three houses located at western end of town. Two storey brick building beneath steeply pitched gable roof, the ridgeline of which runs parallel to the carriageway. Brick end stacks and
irregularly spaced mid ridge chimneys and chimneys contained within the roof plane. Roof laid in clay tiles with decorative red ridge tiles. Apex of gable walls hung in tiles. Centrally positioned gable also hung with tiles, breaks the eaves line at the centre of the building. Carved Rothschild motif located beneath. Seven bays relatively regular in its fenestration pattern. Two bays to the right (facing) could be later addition. Windows positioned at slightly different height to left hand bays reflecting
falling/rising gradient of land. Replacement windows throughout building, proportions of opening
indicate former timber sashes. Windows sit beneath red brick arches with stone keystone providing
colour contrast. Doors sit beneath brick arches with stone keystones and unusual leaded roofed open porches. General mass and form of building as well as regularity of fenestration and colour of painted timber details places this building firmly within the group of more modest and less flamboyant buildings either constructed by, or in this case, renovated by the Rothschild estate scattered throughout the village. Building is prominently positioned within the street and despite loss of original windows makes a positive visual contribution to the Conservation Area. Local Building of Note within the Conservation Area (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23758 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2014. Waddesdon Conservation Area Review.

Location

Grid reference SP 73908 17070 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 7:30PM

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