Denham Conservation Area Character Appraisal September 2008 in

Denham Conservation Area
The extent of Bacon’s work in the village has not yet been established but
several other buildings have been attributed to him. His contribution to
village life is commemorated in the name of Baconsmead. He designed the
thoughtfully laid out pairs of houses (number 1 to 8) here and may have been
involved in the conversion works at Mill House/Wellers Mead.
Arts and Crafts style is evident at Blackbarn Cottages, Tudor Lodge and
possibly at Clare Elms, a large house almost totally hidden from the public
realm. Swandane (said to have been designed by Bacon) and Summerfield are
20 th century buildings in a Georgian style but appropriate to a village setting.
Summerfield has a particularly interesting roofscape seen from the
churchyard.
Blackbarn Cottages
exhibit some of the
characteristics of the
older village cottages,
such as dormers and
gauged brickwork, but
with late 19 th century
detailing such as applied
timbering, ridge crests
and gabled porches.
The only industrial premises in the conservation area, Cherry Tree works,
provide examples of restrained modern timber and brick buildings appropriate
to the historic village setting.
Bridges
The river Misbourne flows west-east
through the centre of the conservation
area and the bridges over it are an
important element in forming the special
character of the area. The well-known
“picture postcard” view of Denham is
taken from the western entrance to the
village with the listed red brick humpedback
bridge in the foreground.
At the eastern end of the village the road
crosses the river where the converted
water mill building forms another picturesque scene. There are footbridges
across the river away from the public realm connecting the gardens of houses
south of Village Road with the meadows.
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