Description

SP 71 NE WADDESDON AYLESBURY ROAD
(The Crossroads)

5/105 The Grand Lodge

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GV II

Lodge house. Circa 1880-90. Probably by H.A. Destailleur for
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Red brick, stone dressings, flat lead
roof. In classical style with stone plinth, panelled first floor
band course, upper frieze and cornice with balustraded parapet above.
Vertically articulated with strips of rusticated stone blocks to
corners and between bays, and plain strips flanking windows. 2 storeys,
3 bays. 4-pane sash windows, those to first floor with segmental
heads, accentuated keyblocks and panelled stone aprons. Central
first floor window in more elaborate surround with scrolled keyblock.
Ground floor of centre bay has half-glazed door and barred wooden
casements set back behind moulded stone segmental arch with scrolls
above and device of 5 arrows in central cartouche.

Listing NGR: SP7571216716

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411295

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)