Building record 1010800000 - IVY LODGE FARMHOUSE, 46 WESTBROOK END

Summary

Fifteenth century cruck-built timber-framed thatched house built in about 1454, with seventeenth century alterations.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1287692: IVY LODGE FARMHOUSE
  • Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building at 46 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 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C15-C16, altered C17. Timber frame with brick infill and rubble stone plinth. Centre bay has flanking cruck trusses. Half-hipped thatch roof. Chimney of C17 brick, repointed, between left-hand bays. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. Barred wooden casements, 3-light to ground floor, right-hand bays, remainder 2-light, upper windows in thatch. Flush panelled door between right-hand bays in plain wooden frame with segmental head. Extended to rear C20. Interior has fireplace with moulded stone jambs and wooden lintel. RCHM II p 218 MON 31 (B1).
2 cruck trusses with single curve blades held by a saddle or yoke carrying only a ridge-piece. Source: R.W. Evans; P. Woodfield (B2).
Dendro-dating of the cruck frame gives a felling date of 1454 (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 31251 (point)
Civil Parish NEWTON LONGVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 1 2024 5:07PM

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