Building record 0577801000 - CHORLEY FARMHOUSE, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Chorley Farm, with nineteenth century extension.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125656: CHORLEY FARMHOUSE (DBC5135)

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Type and Period (3)

  • FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C17. Timber frame with colourwashed brick infill and flint plinth. Right wall partly rebuilt in flint and colourwashed. Old tile roofs. Fine central chimney with attached shafts of thin brick, another brick chimney to right side. U-plan. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the outer bays gabled and projecting. 2 and 3-light wooden casements. Lean- to with board door in left angle. Board door in left return of right projection. Lower gabled C19 extension projects to right. Rear has similar casements and central lobby entry in gabled lattice porch. Interior: bay to left of centre has fireplaces with 4-centred chamfered arches, that to ground floor very wide. RCHM I p. 321 Mon. 27 (B3).

Sources (1)

  • <3>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p92.

Location

Grid reference SU 81605 95502 (point)
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2009 10:41AM

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