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4 and 5, Well Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9988 / 51°59'55"N

Longitude: -0.9877 / 0°59'15"W

OS Eastings: 469595

OS Northings: 233857

OS Grid: SP695338

Mapcode National: GBR 9XQ.P3N

Mapcode Global: VHDT8.T1Q1

Plus Code: 9C3XX2X6+GW

Entry Name: 4 and 5, Well Street

Listing Date: 3 April 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282691

English Heritage Legacy ID: 377247

ID on this website: 101282691

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 WELL STREET 879-1/6/152 (West side) 03/04/73 Nos.4 AND 5

GV II

Pair of houses, formerly 2 shops and dwellings. Early C19 with possible older origins and C20 alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond to front, with paler headers, slate roof and brick ridge and internal stacks. Double-depth plan. 3-storey, 2-window range. 6-panel, part-glazed door to far left (No.5) with thin pilasters to wood surround and C20 door to far right (No.4) with similar surround, bay windows to left and right of centre, formerly shop windows, all under continuous fascia with moulded cornice hood. Both bay windows are wide and shallow, that to right canted with glazing bars dividing window into 24 panes to front in 4 rows of 6, and 4 to sides. 12-pane sash windows to 1st floor, 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor, all with flat-arched heads. Projecting eaves. Back wall has thin timber-framing in rectangular panels, diagonal braces to posts and painted brick infill in stretcher bond. INTERIOR: No.4 has chamfered spine beams. Fireplace to ground-floor front room with reeded wood surround, staircase between front and back rooms. Fireplace to 1st-floor back bedroom with late Georgian cast-iron grate. Roof of common rafter construction. Built directly onto the former chapel next door, No.3 (qv), with no other side wall. Formerly a cobbler's shop.

Listing NGR: SP6959533859

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