Description

CHEPPING WYCOMBE LONDON ROAD
SU 99 SW
(LOUDWATER)
3/14 Keridor Cottage and Crown
House
27.6.85

GV II
Offices and house, part formerly shop. C16, of 2 builds, altered and
extended to left and rear C19 and C20. Colourwashed render and roughcast,
the centre bay with exposed timber frame and colourwashed brick infill.
Old tile roofs. Small C20 whitewashed brick chimney to front between
builds, replacing large external stack. Another chimney removed from
between left bays. Taller 3-bay block to left with part of left bay
eaves-breaking and gabled; 2 lower bays to right. 2 storeys. Taller
block has large C20 casement to ground floor of left bay, horizontal
sliding sash above, and C20 barred wooden casements to remainder.
C20 board door with small gabled hood between right bays. Lower block
has projecting C20 shop windows flanking door, and C20 3-light window to
first floor left. At left end is a mid C19 extension of colourwashed
brick in rat-trap bond, with slate roof. This has 2 storeys and 2 bays
with 4-pane sashes to first floor, large C20 ground floor window and
C20 door to right. Various Cl9 and C20 extensions to rear, one dated
EA 1870 on brick. Interior: timber framing survives in upper storey,
except in left bay, with curved braces to tie-beams and curved wind-braces,
those in taller block more steeply arched. Taller block has very heavy
longitudinal joists in right bay, inserted floor to centre, and left
bay altered. Lower block has heavy transverse joists without spines, and
stop-chamfering to tie-beam and brace.
RCHM I p. 91 Mon. 3.

Listing NGR: SU9022690786

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452701

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)