Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6933 NELSON STREET
879-1/6/126 (West side)
03/04/73 No.1
Villiers House
(Formerly Listed as:
NELSON STREET
(West side)
No.1)

GV II

House, now offices. Mid C18, altered C19 and C20. Red brick in
Flemish bond with some flared headers, plain-tile roof and
brick end stacks. 2-unit plan.
2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central 4-panel door
approached by 3 stone steps. Door has overlight, panelled
reveals, reeded wood surround with paterae to top corners and
straight hood. Door is flanked by canted bay windows on brick
bases, that to left incorporating 2-light cellar window. Bays
have 12-pane sashes to front, moulded cornices and flat roofs.
12-pane sash windows to 1st floor with wood lintels either
side of blank central window with cambered arched head. Parts
of heads of similar windows, now blocked, survive to far left
at basement, ground- and 1st-floor levels. Plinth, storey band
and double wave-moulded brick eaves. 2 flat-roofed roof dormer
windows and brick-coped gable to right.
INTERIOR: roof has 1 tier of purlins, closely spaced rafters
and no principals.

Listing NGR: SP6945333868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497120

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)