Jevington House

House. Dated 1908, designed by C.H. Biddulph-Pinchard for Charles S. Preston. The house is constructed of wychert and brick, with a rendered finish, a limestone rubble plinth, and clinkered yellow brick quoins. The entrance wing is timber-framed and incorporates re-used timbers. The roof is tiled, and there are red brick chimneys. The house is in an Arts and Crafts/Domestic Revival style, arranged in a butterfly or sun-trap plan, with one-and-a-half and two storeys.

The south-facing garden elevation displays the butterfly plan with L-shaped wings linked by a central angled bay. This bay, along with the gable ends, features canted bay windows and tile-hung gables, projecting on wooden brackets with ball pendants. The north-facing entrance wing has timber framing, with the north gable overhanging a first-floor oriel supported by crude timber braces. The ground floor of this wing has patterned brick infill. An oak door with carved panels features on the east side. A north service wing incorporates an outshot extension built of rendered concrete blocks, and a west elevation with three half-timbered dormers and a service door. The west elevation of the main house continues to the right with a set of three gables, alongside a single-storey projecting extension dating from approximately 1930-40. The right side of this later extension was formerly open as a loggia, featuring circular piers that extend into the ground floor of the main gable return. Black-finished wooden casements with plain glazing are found throughout the property.

Internally, the reception rooms contain re-used oak panelling and doors, assembled mostly from former shutters. The living room extends into the angled bay and has full panelling, along with a large inglenook featuring side seats and cupboards that form V-shaped recesses. The dining room has canted corner doors, dado panelling, pilasters, and a flaked arched fireplace with tile-on-edge voussoirs. The hall includes additional panelling, an oak entrance screen with leaded glazing, and a twisted baluster staircase with an arched screen to the upper landing. Upper rooms are plainer, with simple three-panel doors. Some of the panelling is composed of 17th-century Dutch oak.

The house, originally known as Witchert House, was built for Henry Dixon-Davis, a solicitor for the Great Central Railway, shortly after the 1906 opening of the branch line connecting Beaconsfield to Haddenham. It represents a rare example of the use of wychert construction outside of the Aylesbury Vale.