Building record 1562901000 - Pollardswood Cottages
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- GATE LODGE (Built about 1907, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- ESTATE BUILDING (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Pollardswood Grange is shielded from the road by a curved and thatched gatehouse (B3).
Pair of curved vernacular-style gate lodges with a central covered gateway giving access to the drive to Pollardswood Grange. 1 1/2 storeys, of colourwashed brick with a decorative brick or tile band at eaves level, and a single thatched roof, hipped on the left side. The left-hand lodge has a single central chimney stack, an off-centre triple paired casement window with wooden sill to the ground floor on the front, an off-centre small two-light casement window with wooden sill on the side, and a central thatched dormer in the roof with round-headed 4-light casement window with a decorative thatched 'apron' below. The right-hand lodge has a pair of central chimney stacks above a central dormer (matching the left-hand dormer), which is above a triple paired casement window (matching that on the left-hand. Both lodges have rear entrances (B4).
Sources (2)
- <3>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p218.
- <4>SBC27004 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Pers comm, January 2025, information from historic OS maps, Google StreetView and aerial photos.
Location
Grid reference | SU 9967 9625 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 10 2025 12:38AM