Monument record 0295402000 - 1 AND 2 WHARF COTTAGES (LOWER WHARF)
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Grade II. Pair of cottages; late C18 or early C19. Painted brick with timber lintels to windows, brick eaves cornice, slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays: the left-hand cottage 3 bays, the right-hand 2. The ground floor of the left-hand cottage has late C20 window and entrance porch, then window, door and window; the right-hand cottage was window, door and window. With only the one exception, all the windows in the front elevation are early C19 glazing-bar sashes. The left-hand end has late C20 window on ground floor, early C19 glazing-bar sash on first floor, and hipped roof. The right-hand end is gabled. Built in connection with the (now disused) Buckingham branch of the Grand Junction Canal, with the main front facing the towpath. Rainwater head dated 1812 (B11).
Demolished about 1996.
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC5984 Bibliographic reference: HADFIELD C 1966 CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS PP270-271.
- <2>SBC5217 Bibliographic reference: FAULKNER A H 1972 GRAND JUNCTION CANAL PP73-75,222.
- <3>SBC10261 Map: OS 1880/1885 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION (& SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS).
- <4>SBC6602 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 63 01, FEB 1965 (FILED).
- <5>SBC13834 Unpublished document: Christine Rowley. 1984. THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BUCKINGHAM BRANCH.
- <11>SBC3596 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM. Added 30th July 1984.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 70274 34270 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 26 2023 8:38PM
