Building record 0553700000 - AMERSHAM MUSEUM, 49 HIGH STREET

Summary

Fifteenth century timber-framed hall and cross wing house with late sixteenth or early seventeenth century alterations, now Amersham Museum

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Listed Building (II) 1221571: NO 49 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (5)

HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1699 AD?)
(Alternate Type) HALL HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
(Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
(Alternate Type) CROSS WING HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
MUSEUM (Altered 1986, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 16m; Width 13m.
Grade II. C15 hall and cross wing plan with late C16 or early C17 alterations. Timber frame with plaster and red brick infill. Old tile roof, large brick chimney stack. Two storeys, gable on left with timber framing tiled pentice over 3-light casement, gabled dormer on right, low plain door below with small modern window on right. Modern flat roofed 1 storey shop addition on left. Rear elevation has timber framed gable on left. C15 4-light timber mullioned window on left with tracery to top of each light, Interior: fine arch braced hall trusses visible on first floor, moulded beam above staircase. Traceried openings to side of staircae. Original floor in wing, C16 inglenook and fireplace to first floor (B2).
2 storeys. Much altered. Tiled roof. Original gable in front, old ceiling beams inside (B1).
Excavation (SEE 01-03:000) (B3).

Sources (4)

<1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p5 (Monument 13(.
<2>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p28.
<3>SBC6694 Unpublished document: J P Sharpe. 1986. EXCAVATION REPORT & SITE ARCHIVE.
<4>SBC19051 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2001. Amersham Museum, 49 High St., Amersham, Bucks..

Location

Grid reference	SU 95655 97365 (point)
Civil Parish	AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Excavation (Ref: AM86) (EBC1120)
Event - Intervention: Watching brief carried out during building of a new extension to Amersham Museum (EBC16281)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 5:57PM