Description

TL 57 SE WICKEN HIGH STREET
(North Side)

8/88 No. 12
(Maids Head PH)
(formerly listed as
1.12.51 Maids Head Public
House)
GV
II

House, possibly an open hall, C15 with late C16 crosswing to
right hand and 1852 block to left hand. Open-hall timber framed
with floor and stack inserted in C16 and cased in gault brick in
C19. Hall has thatched roof of reed with ridge stack of grouped
shafts on a square base. One storey and attic. Two dormer.
Two doorways, one possibly at original entry to cross-passage
and the other to the lobby entry. Crosswing, mid C16. Timber
framed rendered with gable end rebuilt in brick. Thatched roof
of reed with plastered coving to eaves. One storey and attics.
Addition to left hand dated 1852 on stone panel in rear wall.
Gault brick with shallow, hipped slate roof. Two storeys.
Front elevation has three blind, eliptically headed bays divided
by four recessed hung sashes of twelve panes each.

Listing NGR: TL5713270669

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26419384

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas