Description

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SP 89 01
4/41
5.8.77

GREAT MISSENDEN
HIGH STREET
(east side)
Number 5,Elmhurst
(Flats Nos 1-7 (consec)

(Formerly listed as Elmtrees)

GV
II*

C18 casing of earlier fabric. Red and grey brick with red brick dressings. Old
tiled roof behind parapet. Two storeys and attic, first floor band, moulded
cornice. Covered entrance with C19 semi-circular cast iron roof, geometrically
traceried fanlight over door. Doorway within is round headed with vermiculated
rustication and mask keyblock, probably Coade stone; large round headed window with
wheel pattern glazing and semi-circular pediment with recessed panel above. Section
to left 2 storeys, three sash windows in reveals with flat arches to each floor.
Small blank panels over first floor windows, also with flat arches. Section to
right has attic with 3 dummy windows and panels in parapet. Interior: evidence of
late C16 house including staircase, two doorcases and roof timbers.

Listing NGR: SP8928401582

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Elmhurst, Great Missenden at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q48800601

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)