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28 VISION FOR ICKFORD : BUILT HERITAGE ASSESSMENT : ICKFORD

No. 37: A 3 bay rendered cottage, gable end to road. 2 CHURCH ROAD
brick chimney stacks and a shallow slate roof. Painted
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casement windows. Secondary 2 storey extension set to THE GRANGE: Late 19 century grand house, of ashlar,
rear side. Gable end is hard to roadside, and creates a visual sited in a large plot. Double pile, with subdued gothic
pinch point. Likely to date from the second half of the 19th detailing. Steep gabled roofs to attic floors, tiled roof. Brick
century . chimneys with stone cappings. Store moulded window
treatments, Iancet styled . Plain wooden porch. The Grange
37, St Julian and 41 form an attractive grouping of replaced an earlier building, probably associated with
historic buildings close to the junction of Sheldon and Church Farm. The building is a fine example of a gentry
Bridge Roads. They play a key role in views, especially East built house and is part of an important grouping of historic
from the environs of the school buildings associated with the Church end of the village. As
a ‘designed’ residence it provides a contrast to the
CHAPEL COTTAGE: Former Baptist chapel dating vernacular buildings nearby, which have been extended and
from 1825. Much altered. Mentioned by Pevsner and on altered in a more piecemeal fashion.
the Historic Environment Record. White painted
rubblestone under a low hipped slate roof. Upper floor a BARNS AT THE GRANGE: Associated with The
recent insertion with shallow shed dormers. Building sits Grange, a series of agricultural buildings. A substantial red
hard on the road side behind iron railings. Tiny wooden brick barn, currently dilapidated, with central gabled entry
porch. Originally the chapel had an associated burial ground way, and planned window openings. Adjacent, a weather
of which nothing remains. boarded cart shed, with shingle roof. Other structures are
believed to survive on the site. Important locally as part of
ELVAN COTTAGE: Most charming single storey a planned yard layout, probably dating from the building
dwelling with attic rooms In the roof. Probably late 18 th of The Grange.
century. Timber frame visible in places internally. 3 gabled
dormers to front elevation, all with weather boarded WORMINGHALL ROAD
details. Single storey range to left hand side, with weather
boarded gable. Painted brickwork. Building altered at the LITTLE GRATTON (No. 46): Early 19 century
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back, remaining sympathetic to original dwelling. Elvan rubblestone cottage, rendered, with original 3 bay range
Cottage sits on a narrow plot and is of visual interest both orientated gable end to road. Early 20 century wing to
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on the roadside and when viewed from the hay field at the roadside. Later outshot with tiled roof. Thatched roofs. 3
rear. chimneys. Painted casement windows under the eaves.
Adjacent annexe of weatherboard under old tile roof. The
OLD POST OFFICE: Double pile house, probable building provides a visual stop to views along Worminghall
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late 19 century refronting of earlier building. Rear wing Road and the grouping by The Rising Sun. Its proximity to
of coursed rubble stone with tile roof. Rear elevation has the road side creates a pinch-point beyond which buildings
half timbered double height bay windows with decorative lie close to the carriageway.
glazing. Front range close to roadside, in front of building
line. The frontage has attractive chequer-work brick with PRIORY COTTAGE: Late 18 Early 19 century, 2
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dark header bricks. Substantial wooden porch and shop storey painted rubblestone main range, with cross wing to
window. Sash windows with rubbed brick header details. rear. Single storey weather boarded outshot to right hand
To east gable decorative pattern picked out in raised brick. side. Old tile roofs, 2 chimneys. Small casement windows.
Front range has slate roof. Decorated brick chimneys to The building lies close to the road side and plans a key role
gable ends. The Old Post Office plays a vital role in the in the street scene, particularly as a grouping with the
street scene and creates a visual pinch point. adjacent listed Holy Well Cottage.

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