Monument record 0435800000 - CHENIES ALMSHOUSES

Summary

Seventeenth century almshouses in Chenies demolished in the twentieth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Square.
Founded 1605 by Anne Countess of Warwick (B1).
Charitable function (B2).
Consists of 10 tenements with two rooms each; forms three sides of a square. 2 stories, Tudor style (B3).
Demolished (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC8026 Bibliographic reference: Daniel & Samuel Lysons. 1813. Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain (Volume 1 Part 3 Buckinghamshire). p585.
  • <2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp251,268.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p837.
  • <4>SBC10611 Map: OS MAP FIRST EDITION (1878/1883) SIX INCH.
  • <5>SBC10648 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED).
  • <6>SBC5296 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT ARP JUNE 1978.

Location

Grid reference TQ 02290 97650 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 10:13PM

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