Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6934 MARKET HILL 879-1/5/90 (South side) 13/10/52 No.2 The White House

GV II

Town house, now offices. Mid C18, altered C20. Rendered with incised masonry patterns and hipped slate roof. Double-depth plan. 3-storey, 5-window range. 6-panel, double-leaf doors approached by 1 stone step with fanlight, moulded surround with imposts and round-arched head with key block, flanked by unfluted Ionic half-columns supporting entablature and pediment and shadow surround with sections of entablature. C20 windows replacing sashes to all floors with moulded surrounds. Plinth, rusticated quoins, storey bands and bracketed wood eaves. 3 central bays break forward and bear pediment. 2-storey wing to rear right with 2-storey canted bay window to end wall. INTERIOR: central cross passage with plaster barrel-vault and plaster groin vault preceding back door. Stone-paved floor with slate diamonds to intersections. Oak dogleg staircase from ground floor to attic with column newels, stick balusters, ramped handrail and curved tread ends.

Listing NGR: SP6955334027

External Links

• Wikidata Q26500266

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (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)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)