Monument record 0592500000 - HILL FARM,JOINER'S LANE

Summary

Fourteenth to fifteenth century timber-framed cruck-built house called Hill Farm, now demolished

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • FARMHOUSE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
  • CRUCK HOUSE (14th Century - 1300 AD? to 1399 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
HOUSE, FORMERLY A FARMHOUSE, OF 2 STOREYS WITH WALLS OF BRICKWORK INCORPORATING SOME TIMBER-FRAMING & A TILED ROOF. DATES FROM C14, OLDEST PORTION BEING A 2-BAY HALL WITH OPEN CRUCK TRUSS IN THE CENTRE. SW WING BUILT IN C15 & ADDITION OF LATE C17 (FURTHER DETAIL & PLAN)(B1). AT NGR. NOW DEMOLISHED (B2).
Buildings report held at NMR (B3)

1 cruck truss with blades held by a saddle or yoke carrying only a ridge-piece. Arch-braced cruck with elbowed blade form. Source: C.F. Stell (B4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC14872 Article in serial: C F Stell. 1966. 'HILL FARM, CHALFONT ST PETER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP73-77 & PLS IX-X. Vol 18.
  • <2>SBC9875 Bibliographic reference: NAR TQ 09 SW 9,SEPT 1974.
  • <3>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF079200.
  • <4>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00470 91100 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 1 2009 11:53AM

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