Building record 1518800000 - 14 & 16 The Green

Summary

Pair of mid-nineteenth century estate cottages built in the 1850s

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Mentmore Conservation Area

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • SEMI DETACHED HOUSE (Built 1850s, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE COTTAGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Pair of semi-detached cottages, possibly by Stokes c.1859. Pre-1862. Two big gables. 2-storey gabled side projections, not containing main doors. Small ground floor side projections under lean-to in re-entrants. Blue slate roof with substantial central brick chimney. Flemish garden bond in pink brick with cream headers. Windows with stone surrounds and mullions. Brick dentil eaves. To rear: two gables with distinctive cream render at 1F.
Similar style to the Old Aviary, but less ornamentation. Retains C19 iron gate and fencing within hedge.
Significance: One of the earliest elements of the mid-late C19 estate village, survives intact; part of an
early group in various styles with Nos. 10 & 12, & 34.
Issues: Gate and fencing vulnerable to loss and damage. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC23698 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2019. Mentmore Conservation Area Review. [Mapped feature: #44897 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 90743 19825 (point)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 10:41AM

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