Description

MEDMENHAM HENLEY ROAD
SU 88 NW
(north side)
4/136 Kingsdial Cottage
-
- II
House, formerly gardener's house. Mid C19, extended C20. For estate
of Charles Robert Scott Murray of Danesfield. Coursed and knapped
flint with brick dressings; plain tile roof; brick chimney to left
with row of 3 square shafts linked at cap and string. 1½ storeys,
3 bays. Right bay slightly advanced and gabled with bargeboards.
Cast iron diagonal lattice casements in chamfered brick surrounds,
2-light to ground floor left and first floor. Upper windows in
left bays are in semi-dormers with half-timbered gables. Central
C20 door in C20 lean-to porch. Right bay has 4-centred chamfered
brick arch, now with leaded glazing but formerly open with passage
through to kitchen garden. Sundial in stone surround above; knapped
flint and stone plaque with initials SM in gable. C20 matching bay
and double garage to right; other C20 U-plan extensions to left
incorporating small C19 outbuilding.

Listing NGR: SU8158585122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453483

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)