Building record 1010700000 - BEVERLEY COTTAGE, 34 WESTBROOK END

Summary

Fifteenth century cruck-built timber-framed thatched house built in about 1492, with seventeenth century and later 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 Modern - 1400 AD to 1999 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. Colourwashed 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. 1½ 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. RCHM II p 218 MON 30 (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

Aug 1 2024 5:24PM

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