Building record 1503100000 - 17 High Street, Waddesdon

Late 19th century end of terrace. Constructed of red/orange brick, orientated so that gable elevation faces onto road. Forming part of the same building is a two storey single bay range set back to form a terrace with 13 and 15, High Street and orientated with the ridgeline running parallel with the carriageway. This range is constructed with buff coloured bricks and contains an original timber sash to ground and first floor. The range orientated gable onto the street is also two storeys in height and sits beneath a shallow hipped roof laid in slate. Two high brick stacks to right. To ground floor is fantastic timber shop front dating from late 19th to early 20th century. Shop front sits beneath protruding hipped veranda with timber pelmet. Original shop sign positioned on top of veranda. Shop front is completely untouched – there is no other shop front of this type surviving within the District. Internally the building retains elements of the original shop including work counters and cool cabinets. To the rear of the building is the stable and slaughter house. This is a unique and largely untouched building that is worthy of consideration for listing. A Local Heritage Asset in the Conservation Area (B1).
Grade 11. Former butchers shop with barn, stables and slaughterhouse. 1870s house with west range including commercial unit, barn, stables and slaughterhouse added around 1899. Listed for the following principal reasons: Architectural interest - as a rare and particularly complete example of an early-C20 rural butcher’s shop with its private slaughterhouse, stables and barn which clearly illustrate the function and processes of the business;
- for its original shop front and an interior typical of a rural butchers of this period which retains characteristic features;
- the house, although plain and typical of its period, retains many original features and is integral to the understanding of the assemblage;
- the unusual combined stable and slaughterhouse block retains many original features relating to its function.
Historical interest - for its social history interest in providing evidence of the form and function of a rural butchers, prior to the eradication of private slaughterhouses during the course of the C20. See listing description for history and detailed description (B2).