Description

MEDMENHAM FERRY LANE
SU 88 SW
(east side)
Southlands and Lindum
8/119
-
- II
Pair of houses, formerly one. Circa 1905. By Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Red brick in English bond, moulded wooden eaves cornice with modillions,
plain tile roof, 2 brick chimneys with moulded cornice caps. In Queen
Anne style. 2 storeys and attic. S. end has large overhanging gable,
rendered and whitewashed, with cornice jettied on elaborately
carved scroll brackets. Modillion cornice surround, 3-light barred
wooden attic casement with small coved wooden cornice. 2 5-sided 2-storey
bay windows below with barred wooden casements. E. and W. sides have
approximately 2 bays of barred wooden casements with gauged heads,
and central half-glazed doors. Later C20 whitewashed brick extension
at N. end of Southlands, of 2 storeys with flat roof.
(A.H. Plaisted. The Romance of a Chiltern Village 1958, p. 164)

Listing NGR: SU8058184229

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616988

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)