75 Raylands Lodge - Bulstrode Way

Location/Address

None recorded

Type

Building

Historic or particularly important modern buildings.

Description

Single house built in during 1840s with Bull Lane and Bulstrode Way. Single-storey flint lodge with stone dressings and slate roof. Originally one of three lodges to Orchehill House (now St. Mary’s School) built during the 1840s after Orchehill had been bought by William Blount and his new wife, Lady Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Somerset. Plans to alter the building were approved in 1908. The tall chimneys form an important element in the street-scene. Its setting would be improved by removal of the wooden fence at the front. The name is presumably taken from “Raylands Mead” the large house which stood to the north (originally “Woodbank”) whose ornate gate is another landmark on the opposite side of Bulstrode Way (outside the conservation area). This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Gerrards Cross Centenary. (B1).

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Statement of Significance

Asset type

Single house built in during 1840s

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Date Listed

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