Description

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SU 9490 SE
13/62

BEACONSFIELD
LONDON END (north side)
No 15, King's Head House and SHEPHERDS LANE No 30, Chartridge House

(Formerly listed as No 15 (King's Head House) LONDON END, previously listed as King's Head)

19.5.50

GV
II
C16/C17 refronted C18. Red blue brick; old tile roof behind panelled parapet. Two chimneys on ridge. Two storeys and attic with three dormers with hipped tile roofs. Stringcourse at first floor level. First floor with five sashes, the lower half of the window second from left filled in with sundial inscribed: "Essex House, 1580: King's Head 1714: Tempus Fugit, 1925". Ground floor with central door in timber doorcase with panelled pilasters and dentil cornice and two sashes on either side. All windows with glazing bars. Interior has much early timbering exposed and some C18 panelling and doors. Rainwater head at right side inscribed RRE 1714.

Listing NGR: SU9455890134

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617430

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)