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0448

General Information

  • Registration number
    0448
  • Date constructed
    1720-25
  • Century constructed
    1701-1800
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    II
  • Condition
    6

Address

  • Address
    N/A
  • Village or town
    Marlow
  • County
    Buckinghamshire
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Buckinghamshire
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    SE

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    6
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Arch
  • Back shape
    Flat?
  • Recess size
    26,24x18x16
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    7
  • Rows
    2
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    6, 39
  • Wall material
    Brick
  • Base shelf material
    8" square tiles, 1.5 " thick (in top 3 boles)
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2010
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • 2 rows of 3+3, with rubbed brick surround in classical style; whole structure projects by 40 in. behind wall, with sloping top; 2 in top row made into windows for garden shed built later (1800s/1900s) behind wall; 2009: boles were blocked up, but re-opened in 2010, and concrete backs made for widows; bases project 2.5 in., and bricks above top row by 4.5 in.; wall originally in kitchen(?) garden of Remnantz, West St, now in Wethered Park (private); alcove in same wall is bricked-up original entrance to the House; 2014: 4 have brickwork with (flaking) plaster; in lower row, bricks may have been added inside to keep skeps dry; buildings (garages) now erected quite close to the wall, and hard parking area being built; brick structure forming back of bee boles, in store room, in good condition and now painted white
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