Home Farm Cottage, Waddesdon

Location/Address

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Type

Building

Historic or particularly important modern buildings.

Description

Part of a group of Rothschild estate buildings with similar materials and decorative details. Decorative tiled plaque in the gable facing High Street. Two storey red brick building situated towards the front of its plot behind metal railing. Building sits beneath gabled roof, laid in tile, the ridgeline of which runs parallel with the carriageway. Brick end stacks. Two gabled dormers punctuate the eaves line, the apex of which are hung with decorative tiles. Symmetrical elevation organised around a central doorway contained beneath an open timber gabled porch. Porch flanked to either side by three light casement windows to ground. Similar windows at first floor level contained beneath dormers. Small Rothschild plaque above porch at first floor level. Of particular significance is the decorative tiled plaque contained within the apex of the gable elevation facing onto High Street. The scene shows farm labourers gathering in the harvest using a horse drawn cart. Architect was William Taylor This building forms part of a group of Rothschild estate buildings which share similar form, massing, materials, decorative details and colour palette and which form a key element in establishing the special character of the village. Local Heritage Asset in conservation area (1).

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Statement of Significance

Asset type

Part of a group of Rothschild estate buildings with similar materials and decorative details. Decorative tiled plaque in the gable facing High Street.

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Date Listed

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