128 & 130 High Street
Location/Address
128 and 130 High Street, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JF
Type
Description
Pair of late nineteenth century semi-detached Rothschild Estate cottages
Modest semi-detached building set back from the pavement behind metal railing. Two storeys in height, the building sits beneath relatively steeply pitched gable roof laid in slate, the ridgeline of which runs parallel with the carriageway. Central mid-ridge brick chimney. Regular fenestration pattern with two entrance doors positioned to outer edges of principle elevation flanked by single sash window. Entrance doors contained beneath open timber porches with gabled tiled roofs. Two timber sash windows to first floor positioned directly above ground floor sashes. Painted carved Rothschild motif positioned between windows at first floor level. Windows of left hand (facing) cottage retain original timber sashes, those to the right hand (facing) cottage have been replaced. This building forms part of a group of modest Rothschild estate cottages which are relatively modest in scale and decorative details They distinctive in the regularity of their principle elevations. Local Building of Note within the Conservation Area (B1).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Pair of late nineteenth century semi-detached Rothschild Estate cottages
Date Listed
11 Jan 2023
Last Updated
01 Nov 2022