1,2,& 3 West End Cottages - West Common
Location/Address
1-3 West End Cottages, 32 West Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 7RF
Type
Description
Single red brick building designed in 1870
This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross.
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Single building designed in 1870Age
built c.1870Architectural and Artistic Interest
High Victorian style with decorative brickwork. Red brick laid in Flemish bond. Blind brick arches over ground floor windows leave little room for first floor windows. Slate roof with ridge crest and two prominent corbelled ridge chimney stacks. Brick modillion cornice. Central gable with pierced barge boards. Three gabled porches – one for each cottage with similar pierced barge boards and timber finials. Raking brick window sills. Stone keystones to arches over windows and stone at sides of some window sills. Casement windows – some altered.Historic Interest
Three cottages built c.1870 by the Bulstrode estate.Landmark Status
The set-back of these cottages diminishes their visual impact.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
01 Feb 2023