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18 and 19, Castle Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9993 / 51°59'57"N

Longitude: -0.9884 / 0°59'18"W

OS Eastings: 469542

OS Northings: 233914

OS Grid: SP695339

Mapcode National: GBR 9XQ.NWM

Mapcode Global: VHDT8.T09N

Plus Code: 9C3XX2X6+PJ

Entry Name: 18 and 19, Castle Street

Listing Date: 21 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1281180

English Heritage Legacy ID: 377134

ID on this website: 101281180

Location: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Buckingham

Built-Up Area: Buckingham

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Buckingham

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


BUCKINGHAM

SP6933 CASTLE STREET 879-1/6/33 (South side) Nos.18 AND 19

GV II

Pair of houses in one building, now flats, shop and restaurant. Late C18, altered 1889 when made into store, and C20 when re-divided. Pebbledashed render over brick with cemented dressings, slate roof and rendered ridge and end stacks. Double-depth plan. 3-storey, 6-window range. 6-panel doors to far left and far right either end of 1889 shop front. Both have rectangular fanlights of differing patterns, panelled reveals, and pilastered wood surrounds. Continuous moulded cornice extends over doors and shop front with pediment to central bay and timber balcony with turned balusters. Pair of tripartite sash windows to 1st floor right of centre and 2nd floor with moulded wood surrounds. Cemented decoration of rusticated quoins above ground floor level, square panel between tripartite sashes, large central panel framing monogram with initials V A and cartouche above bearing date 1889. Deep, bracketed wood eaves cornice. Formerly Vyles, 'the nearest thing to a department store the town has ever had'. (Birch C: Buckingham - The Town and District In Camera: 1986-: 24).

Listing NGR: SP6954633909

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