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located at the extreme edges of the village (The Grange, Listed buildings,
The Manor, Hunters House.) and are of complex form. other Local Note buildings,
Smaller cottages include a pair in Little Ickford, built
to house a smithy, and others on Bridge Road, close to and character areas
Hunters House. These are semi-detached or terraced,
and tend to be utilitarian in shape and form. Brick built, The village contains 30 listed buildings (Ickford Bridge is
with shallow pitched roofs of slate, these are aligned listed under both Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and is
parallel to the carriageway. Originally patterns of a Scheduled Ancient Monument), and also a number of
fenestration would have been regular, although unlisted buildings that make a positive architectural, visual
replacement windows have in some cases altered these. or historical contribution to the character of the village.
Much of the village housing dates from the 20 th These Local Note buildings are not of listable quality, but
century. Initially development utilised plots along the nonetheless should be retained.
main roadsides, particularly Bridge Road and Ickford Bridge lies outside the settlement boundary but
Worminghall Road. Piecemeal infill development has is on one of the main approaches to the village. The current
led to an eclectic variety of building styles and types, structure, dated 1685, is a remodelling of the medieval
including bungalows, chalet bungalows and two storey bridge. It is constructed of stone, has three arches and a
dwellings. further ashlar- built Whirlpool arch. The bridge plays a key
To the northern part of SheIdon Road, east of the role, narrowing the traffic as it approaches the village, as
junction, a row of Airey-type prefabricated houses was well as being extremely picturesque.
constructed after the Second World War. Much of this Within the village architectural interest is
particular row has been redeveloped in the form of concentrated in four main areas. There are three listed
closes which break through the original building line. buildings that lie outside these areas, but they have been
Turnfields is a reasonably large scale development with isolated due to modern infilling. They are briefly
bungalows to the frontage of Sheldon Road, and a described below:
mixture of terraced and semi-detached two storey
houses behind. It has an open feel about it due in part Turnfield House (II) on Worminghall Road is
to the width of the road. Field Close and School Close, an 18 century house with the original north -
th
utilised Iand between the main road and the Recreation facing wing orientated gable to road. This is of
Ground, and consist of two storey dwellings of brick. plain design and symmetrical around the former
Golders Close, accessed from Worminghall Road, is front door. A lower wing sits under a tiled catslide
a 1970’s estate on a curvilinear road with cul-de-sacs. roof, and is also visible from the road. The
Mostly 2 storey brick houses, on large plots. One cul- building’s immediate neighbours are low lying
de-sac consists of bungalows. To either side of the entry bungalows. It is visually prominent in the street
road to Golders Close, bungalows face onto scene due to the areas of open space that lie to
Worminghall Road. Most of these have been extended the north and side of it.
into the roofspaces leading to a variety of roof form.
These are set to the back of a wide verge leading to a Chestnut Farm (II) is tucked away down a farm
feeling of openness. track to the rear of Orchard Lodge. It is not visible
Farm Close lies to the west, on land that was from the main road, but shares many architectural
previously part of Manor Farm. This estate, dating from attributes with other former farmhouses in the
the 1990’s, comprises substantial detached executive village, being timber framed, with white painted
homes along a single access road. This is a much tighter infill panels.
form of development than earlier estates. Architecturally
the houses are in a pseudo-vernacular style. No 64 Worminghall Road (II) at the edge
Later development to the western side of Bridge of the built up area, is the only building of
Road and Worminghall Road consists of two storey witchert material in the village, and has a lower
detached housing. Garaging tends to be located in the roofline than its immediate neighbour. The
front gardens, and these houses share design dwelling is partially screened by hedging, with
characteristics in terms of shape, size and building only its simple thatched roof form visible in
materials. the streetscene.

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