The Apple Orchard

THE APPLE ORCHARD, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1160219
Date first listed:
09-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:
The Apple Orchard
Statutory Address:
THE APPLE ORCHARD, HIGH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1160219
Date first listed:
09-Jan-1954
Date of most recent amendment:
28-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:
The Apple Orchard
Statutory Address 1:
THE APPLE ORCHARD, HIGH STREET

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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
THE APPLE ORCHARD, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
West Wycombe
National Grid Reference:
SU 82906 94664

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/05/2014


SU 8294 9/101
963

HIGH STREET (North Side),
WEST WYCOMBE,
The Apple Orchard

(Formerly listed as Premises occupied by Mr Frank Hudson, antique dealer.

Previously listed as Apple Orchard Guest House)

9.1.54.

II GV

Once the White Hart Inn, later the Apple Orchard Guest House. Late C16 or early C17. Colour washed bricks with timber framed 1st floor oversailing on exposed corbels, old tiled roof. 2 storeys and attics. Ground floor has central bay window, door flanked by panelled pilasters with square panelled capitals. 1 3 light and 1 4 light wooden mullioned casements 2 doors on left. 1st floor has 3 flush 3 light wooden mullioned casements and 1 single light casement. 1 gabled dormer. Late C17 brick chimney stack with in-and-out quoins enclosing round headed panels on each face. Interior has exposed ceiling beams on ground floor. R.C.H.M., p 319.

Nos 35 to 37 (consec), The Church Loft, Nos 45 to 54 (consec), Nos 56 to 59 (consec) Steps House, The Plough Inn, The Apple Orchard, The Old Smithy, West Wycombe Estate Office, Rose Cottage and Ness Cottage form a group.


Listing NGR: SU8290694664

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Legacy System number:
46092
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume One South, (1912)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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