Building record 0446100001 - 7-11 CASTLE ST, AYLESBURY
Summary
Three late seventeenth or early eighteenth century houses, incorporating remains of an earlier Medieval cruck-built timber-framed house.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1319175: NOS 7 TO 11 CASTLE STREET
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Type and Period (3)
- HOUSE (15th Century to 18th Century - 1400 AD? to 1799 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
- (Former Type) CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 9 m, Width 9m.
Grade II. Late C17 or early C18. Red brick, old tiled roof. 2 storeys and attics, brick cornice moulding. 3 gabled casement dormers. 3 windows, flush casements and sashes. First floor band and 3 windows. Cut bracketed doorhood to No 11. Nos 1 to 15A (odd) form a group (B5).
PHOTOS OF CRUCK-FRAME OF NO 11 & FRAMING OF NO 11 (B3).
Embedded in the party wall between Nos. 11 and 13, a full-height cruck truss, the relic of the medieval building that previously stood here (B6).
1 cruck truss identified at 11/13 Castle Street. Curved blades truncated above collar, passing collar but with no upper structure. Source: R.W. Evans, Buckinghamshire CC (B7).
Sources (4)
- <3>SBC432 Graphic material: Martin Andrews. ANDREWS M, HISTORIC BUILDINGS OFFICER, BCC, SUPPLIES PHOTOS (FILED).
- <5>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p11.
- <6>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p160.
- <7>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 81753 13777 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit by Historic Buildings Officer (EBC13569)
Record last edited
Feb 8 2021 1:32PM
