Building record 1518900000 - 10 & 12 The Green

Summary

Pair of mid-nineteenth century estate cottages built before 1862, with modern extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Mentmore Conservation Area

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • SEMI DETACHED HOUSE (Built before 1862, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE COTTAGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Pair of semi-detached cottages, pre-1862. Red brick with white gault brick dressings and quoins. Blue tile gabled main roof with decorative banding and substantial central chimney. Hipped side projections.
Windows with heavy white brick chamfered surrounds with segmental heads. Hipped central flush gable. Empty space for plaque in centre of first floor frontage. Timber porches with arched detail in front of side extensions Hipped porch roof with decorative banding. Eaves courses of diagonal yellow brick. To rear; two gables at first floor, modern ground floor extensions in red brick.
Retains C19 iron gate and fencing within hedge.
Significance: An early element of the mid-late C19 estate village, survives intact; part of an early group in various styles with Nos. 12, 14 & 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XYSBC23698 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2019.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: #44898 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 90750 19839 (point)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 10:40AM

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