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

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings