Building record 1067018000 - 2 The Cottage, Wing Road

Summary

Mid-nineteenth century small country house or villa built in 1840s, now converted to 3 houses.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Mentmore Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (Built 1840s?, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE BUILDING (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

The Cottage was built between the church and green as temporary accommodation for Mayer and his new wife Julia Cohen (they married in 1850).
Set back from frontage of No.1, but more sophisticated. 1840s? 3 bigger gables receding in centre with
plain bargeboards with substantial overhang. Blue slate roof. Small paned sash windows. Canted ground
floor window bays to larger gables with hipped roofs. Forms with No. 3, The Cottage, the house used by
Mayer and his wife while the mansion was under construction.
Significance: Early Rothschild estate building; part of the earliest residence of Mayer and his wife while
the mansion was built, with No. 3, survives intact. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B19).

Sources (1)

  • <19>XYSBC23698 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2019. Mentmore Conservation Area Review. [Mapped feature: #44884 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 90499 19773 (0m by 1m)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 10:42AM

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