Building record 0478001000 - HITCHAM FARM TITHE BARN
Summary
Seventeenth century timber-framed barn at Hitcham Farm, restored as a house in 1965
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332690: TITHE BARN (DBC1928)
Map
Type and Period (3)
- BARN (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1966 AD)
- HOUSE (Converted 1965, Modern - 1966 AD to 1999 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BARN (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Width 7m, Length 30m.
Plan Form - F shaped.
Grade II. C17, converted in 1965 into a residence. Timber-framed; brick nogging; old tile roof of queen post construction. All the windows modern casements with leaded lights. At the left a gabled bay, weather-boarded in its upper part. Then 4 windows, a weather-boarded dormer window, 2 more windows and a hipped roofed dormer window. On the right a lower partly weather-boarded addition (B1-2).
Barn seems to have been part of Manor Farm: parish register records ?this barn built in 1671 SW of Parsonage Farm. Collapsed 1966. (Full description, photos & drawings)(B3).
Restored as a house (B2).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p205.
- <2>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS.
- <3>SBC11483 Article in serial: A H Packe & J D Broadbent. 1969. 'HITCHAM OLD BARN, A POSTHUMOUS STUDY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP313-317 & PLATES VI-iX. Vol 18, Part 4.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 92053 82565 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 13 2024 2:32PM
