Building record 0473101000 - THE ROCKWOOD, 32 KINGSBURY

Summary

Sixteenth century timber-framed jettied inn, formerly known as The Lobster Pot, now The Rockwood

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1117974: THE ROCKWOOD PUBLIC HOUSE (DBC4204)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) JETTIED BUILDING (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Grade II. C17 altered. Two storeys. Colour washed stucco. Tile roof. The street front has been rebuilt with modern windows. Original gable to left hand facing Pebble Lane with upper part overhanging on projecting beams with corner bracket and one window is the sole evidence of older work externally (B3).
The C16 Lobster Pot has a sturdily jettied upper storey to Pebble Lane and inside a hammerbeam roof, without crown-posts, one of only two such roofs in the county (the other is Rectory Cottages, Bletchley in Milton Keynes)(B4).

The Rockwood Ale House is two-storeyed, probably built in the C17th. The front is covered with rough-cast, but the original brick and timber shows above a modern addition at the rear. One chimney stack is of C17th brick. Condition - Fairly good (B5).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (4)

  • <3>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest:Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Aylesbury. p24.
  • <4>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p164.
  • <5>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1.
  • <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 81830 13870 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 7 2026 3:06PM

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