1 Rosebery Mews (Dairy Farm), Cheddington Road

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Building

Historic or particularly important modern buildings.

Description

Mid-nineteenth century farmhouse at Dairy Farm, built about 1850s-1860s Originally the farmhouse for the estate Dairy Farm, c.1850s-60s. 2 storey, red brick with blue slate roof. Flemish bond brickwork. Decorative bargeboards to east gable. Gabled central porch with decorative half-timbering in gable. Modern extension with conservatory half-octagon end to conservatory. Plain timber casements painted mid-grey with cambered brick heads. Significance: The farmhouse for the estate Dairy Farm, survives intact; forms the focus of the farmstead, part of a group of model farms built by 1879 and possibly as early as the 1850s. Issues: The setting has altered with the change of use of the farm to residential. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B1).

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Asset type

Mid-nineteenth century farmhouse at Dairy Farm, built about 1850s-1860s

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