Elmhurst, Great Missenden

Elmhurst (also known as Elmtrees) is a semi-detached house at 5 High Street in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

[1] The north wing, known as Gable End, was separately listed Grade II in July 1984.

[2] The house is 2 storeys in height, made from red and grey brick and has a distinctive 19th century covered entrance with a semi circular iron roof and a traceried fanlight over the door.

[1] The present house was erected by the Dormer family and was inhabited for several years by the widow of William Cleaver, the Bishop of Chester.

[3] A September 1840 letter from farmer John Burgess was sent from Elmhurst to the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

Elmhurst in March 2016
The distinctive glass fanlight above the entrance of Elmhurst in April 2017