Dorneywood
DORNEYWOOD, DORNEYWOOD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1332660
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Dorneywood
- Statutory Address:
- DORNEYWOOD, DORNEYWOOD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1332660
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Dorneywood
- Statutory Address 1:
- DORNEYWOOD, DORNEYWOOD ROAD
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DORNEYWOOD, DORNEYWOOD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Burnham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 93819 84816
Details
SU 98 SW BURNHAM DORNEYWOOD ROAD
7/214 Dorneywood -
GV II C18, partly destroyed by fire in 1910 and later rebuilt and restored. Pre- sented by Lord Courtauld-Thomson to the nation as a residence for the Prime Minister, 1942. Seven bays wide, the centre 3 recessed and of 2 storeys plus attic, the outer ones.later additions and of 3 storeys. Red brick; tiled roof. All windows sashes with glazing bars and segmental heads. Central door with unfluted Ionic columns and pediment. To the left, a single-storey addition known as the Conference Room; to the right, a kitchen wing of 2 storeys. Interior with inner porch decorated by Rex Whistler: Ave silvae Dornii; 3 marble and one wooden C18 chimney pieces; staircase with Chinese fret balustrade. CL, 7 and 14 December 1951.
Listing NGR: SU9381984816
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 43832
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 14 December, (1951)
Country Life in 7 December, (1951)
Legal
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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