Building record 1067016001 - The Coach House, Mentmore

Former gas works building for estate converted to residential use. Stokes, 1859. Single storey to road frontage. Red brick English bond with blue slate roof. Half-timbering to side gable. Simple chimney stack to right. Modern bay windows inserted with fake leaded lights. Central entrance under half-timbered gable with decorative terracotta cresting. Rear sections taller with decorative terracotta cresting. Gas holder (‘gasometer’) was to rear. A strong visual contribution on the public approach to village from Wing/Aylesbury. Innovative approach to country house technology.
Significance: Remaining portion of an early example of country house technology, part of the innovative panoply developed at Mentmore. Contributes to the scene in the approach from Wing to the village.
Survives partly intact, gas holder gone, buildings converted to residential.
Issues: The industrial character of the structures and setting has been lost with conversion to residential use. The ornamental features are liable to be screened from the road by garden planting. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B19).