Building record 1010700000 - BEVERLEY COTTAGE, 34 WESTBROOK END

Summary

Fifteenth century cruck-built timber-framed house, with seventeenth to eighteenth century extensions and alterations

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1216038: BEVERLEY COTTAGE
  • Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building at 34 Westbrook End, Newton Longville

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (15th Century to 18th Century - 1400 AD to 1799 AD)
  • CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD) + Sci.Date
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 18th Century - 1400 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

GRADE II. HOUSE. C15, ALTERED AND EXTENDED TO LEFT C17, EXTENDED TO RIGHT LATE C17-EARLY C18. COLOUR WASHED ROUGHCAST OVER TIMBER FRAME WITH FRAME EXPOSED IN RIGHT-HAND BAY AND LEFT GABLE. 3 CRUCK TRUSSES TO CENTRE BAYS. THATCHED ROOF, HALF-HIPPED TO LEFT, HIPPED TO RIGHT. BRICK CHIMNEYS TO LEFT AND CENTRE. 1 1/2 STOREYS, 4 BAYS. IRREGULAR C20 LEADED CASEMENTS, 2 WINDOWS TO FIRST FLOOR IN THATCH. LEFT-HAND BAY HAS C20 LEAN-TO PROJECTION WITH TILED ROOF AND HALF-GLAZED DOOR BELOW THATCHED HOOD IN RIGHT SIDE. RIGHT-HAND BAY HAS NO WINDOWS (B1).
Additional source (B2).
Dendro-dating of the cruck frame gives a felling date of 1492 (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow. p50.
  • <2>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
  • <3>SBC22686 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2000 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Dendrochronology Database. VA vol 39 p107.

Location

Grid reference SP 84365 31351 (point)
Civil Parish NEWTON LONGVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2021 8:30AM

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