2 The Cottage, Wing Road
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
Mid-nineteenth century small country house or villa built in 1840s, now converted to 3 houses.
The Cottage was built between the church and green as temporary accommodation for Mayer and his new wife Julia Cohen (they married in 1850).
Set back from frontage of No.1, but more sophisticated. 1840s? 3 bigger gables receding in centre with
plain bargeboards with substantial overhang. Blue slate roof. Small paned sash windows. Canted ground
floor window bays to larger gables with hipped roofs. Forms with No. 3, The Cottage, the house used by
Mayer and his wife while the mansion was under construction.
Significance: Early Rothschild estate building; part of the earliest residence of Mayer and his wife while
the mansion was built, with No. 3, survives intact. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B19).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Mid-nineteenth century small country house or villa built in 1840s, now converted to 3 houses.
Date Listed
n/a