Building record 0465700000 - 1 BLUCHER STREET

Summary

Remains of late medieval and later timber-framed house on Blucher Street, used as a shop from the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332623: NO 1 BLUCHER STREET

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Type and Period (5)

  • GREAT HALL (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
  • HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SHOP (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
  • OUTBUILDING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

Grade II. C16 or C17, refronted C19. Red brick facing to timber framing visible on west side elevation. Machine tiled roof. 2 storeys, C19 shop front, 2 C19 first floor sash windows. Yard at rear with exposed timber framed buildings, partly weatherboarded and with part oversailing (B3).
Surviving element of hall embedded in later brickwork (B1).
Buildings report held at NMR (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC759 Unpublished document: John Bailey. 1979. BEDS BUCKS AND CAMBS HISTORIC BUILDING RESEARCH GROUP REPORT (FILED).
  • <2>SBC10583 Map: OS FIFTY INCH MAP (1963).
  • <3>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. Added 10th August 1976.
  • <4>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF032988.

Location

Grid reference SP 95924 01771 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Historic building survey (EBC18464)

Record last edited

Dec 1 2023 2:09PM

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