Description

SU 9490 SE BEACONSFIELD LONDON END
(south side)
13/80
No 20
(Burke Lodge and
19.5.50 Africa House)

GV II*

Now 2 dwellings, but formerly one, previously the Crown Inn. U-shaped in
plan. C16/17 origin, refronted C18. Timber-framed; colourwashed cement
rendered; old tile roof behind parapet. Quoins at both ends of elevation.
Five canted bay windows through 2 storeys 2 of them with the porches to
the houses set in their lower part. First floor with five 1:3:1 windows
with C18 glazing bars in form of octagons and a similarly glazed semicircular
window over the carriage entrance. Ground floor with three 1:3:1 windows,
2 Tuscan pedimented porches, that to Africa House with metopes and triglyphs,
that to Burke Lodge, smaller. Between the houses, a carriage entrance with
panelled door and pointed arches opening with decorated spandrels. Stable
wing at rear of Burke Lodge. Two storeys; colourwashed brick; much restored.
RCHM I, p 43 item (8). Africa House formerly known as Burke House.

Listing NGR: SU9460290085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540222

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy