Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6934 WEST STREET
879-1/5/180 (North side)
03/04/73 No.3

GV II

Inn, now shop and hairdressers. Mid C18 altered C19 and C20.
Rendered with hipped plain-tile roof. L-plan. 3-storey,
5-window range. C20 shop front to left of carriage arch with
moulded round-arched head and imposts. 12-pane sash windows to
1st floor, 9-pane sashes to 2nd, all with moulded rendered
surrounds. The central 3 bays break forward slightly and have
a pediment. Plinth, rusticated quoins, sill bands to 1st and
2nd floors and moulded cornice. Full-height wing to rear left
has a Venetian window to ground floor of right side elevation
alongside carriageway. INTERIOR: open-well stair partly
rebuilt with slender turned balusters of column-on-vase type,
replaced on some flights by stick balusters. Formerly the
Cobham Arms and an important inn.

Listing NGR: SP6953234022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497138

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)