Africa House Burke Lodge

SU 9490 SE BEACONSFIELD LONDON END (south side) 13/80 No 20 (Burke Lodge and 19.5.50 Africa House)

GV II*

Now 2 dwellings, but formerly one, previously the Crown Inn. U-shaped in plan. C16/17 origin, refronted C18. Timber-framed; colourwashed cement rendered; old tile roof behind parapet. Quoins at both ends of elevation. Five canted bay windows through 2 storeys 2 of them with the porches to the houses set in their lower part. First floor with five 1:3:1 windows with C18 glazing bars in form of octagons and a similarly glazed semicircular window over the carriage entrance. Ground floor with three 1:3:1 windows, 2 Tuscan pedimented porches, that to Africa House with metopes and triglyphs, that to Burke Lodge, smaller. Between the houses, a carriage entrance with panelled door and pointed arches opening with decorated spandrels. Stable wing at rear of Burke Lodge. Two storeys; colourwashed brick; much restored. RCHM I, p 43 item (8). Africa House formerly known as Burke House.

Listing NGR: SU9460290085