Denham Conservation Area Character Appraisal September 2008 in

APPENDIX Denham Conservation Area
the front gardens permits views and enhances
visual amenity. Old stock brick stable block
remains next to and end-on to Old Mill Road –
this has clay pantiles.
Old Mill The Priory Built by Denham parish in 1789 as a poorhouse
Road and accommodation for Overseer of the Poor.
The site was donated by Sir William Bowyer,
who attempted to withdraw from the deal.
After the creation of Union workhouses in the
1830s this use would have ceased. A catalogue
for the sale of the Denham Court estate in 1883
includes the Priory and the Mill with the Priory’s
stabling across the road next to the Mill. The
Priory was for some time owned by the Great
Western Railway and was the Rector’s home
from 1945-1960. The shaped gables and white
painted brick make it visually part of a group
with Wellers Mead and The Mill House. Perhaps
they were altered at the same time (possibly in
the 1930s) by the same designer, possibly
Francis Bacon. The roof is of plain clay tile,
reportedly substantially rebuilt after storm
damage in 1987. Despite its prominent position
next to the road and river the house is mainly
hidden from view by tall hedges and trees.
However there is an important glimpse of it
from Old Mill Road over the main gate. A brief
historical note has been written by Mr Norman
Gerard.
Old Mill Numbers 1-4 Row of four cottages probably built in the 1890s
Road (consecutive)
Blackbarn Cottages
(they appear on the 1897 Ordnance Survey
map). They have the appearance of estate
cottages and were perhaps associated with
Andrews Farm which stood close by. The
Denham Court sale catalogue of 1883 describes
a “large boarded and tiled barn” which stood on
the site of the current Roman Catholic church
behind the cottages, presumably the source of
the name. One storey plus attic – each cottage
has two gabled dormers with white render and
black and white timber decoration and barge
boards. Red brick in Flemish bond and plain
clay tiled roofs with ridge crests on main and
dormer roofs. Two large chimney stacks on
ridge – that to south altered and less ornate.
Each cottage has gabled porch with clay tiled
roof, wooden “Y” tracery in gable and
supported by curved wooden struts. Attractive
detailing including brick eaves cornice and
relieving arches over doors and window and
door-heads with carved zig-zag pattern. Sash
windows to ground floor and casements to
dormers – uPVC at front of nos. 1 & 2.
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Significant unlisted buildings