Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6933 WELL STREET 879-1/6/172 (East side) 03/04/73 Nos.55 AND 56 The Old House and attached outbuilding (Formerly Listed as: WELL STREET (East side) Nos.55 AND 56 The Old House)

GV II

House, now 2 houses. Early-mid C18, altered later C18 and C19. Red brick in Flemish bond with some flared headers, plain-tile roof; brick end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 6-window range. 6-panel door to right of centre with moulded wood surround in C19 stuccoed porch, which has doorway with elliptical-arched head, impost mouldings, plinth, pair of narrow 1-light openings either side, moulded cornice and stepped blocking cornice. 6-panel, part-glazed door to left of centre (to No.56) with moulded wood surround and straight hood on shaped brackets. 12-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floors, those to ground floor with segmental-arched heads above straight heads of windows, rendered in between, and flat-arched heads to those to 1st floor. Blank window to ground floor right of porch. Pair of windows to 1st floor left of centre and pair to 1st floor far right are dummy windows with painted glazing bars. Plinth, moulded storey band, hollow-chamfered brick eaves and 2 hip-roofed roof dormer windows to left of centre with 2-light casements. Rows of flared headers flank windows. Outbuilding to right of red brick in Flemish bond with some flared headers, and hipped plain-tile roof. Central double-leaf carriage doors with wicket to left leaf and wood lintel, lower, later double-leaf carriage doors to right with wood lintel, and gabled roof dormer to far left. INTERIOR: chamfered spine beams with scooped stops. Stair with mahogany stick balusters, column newels and ramped handrail. Stone cellar.

Listing NGR: SP6957533771

External Links

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Recommended Books

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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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas