Building record 1016100000 - THE CROOKED BILLET, HORN STREET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1287099: THE CROOKED BILLET (DBC2984)
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Type and Period (2)
- INN (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1990 AD)
- HOUSE (Modern to 21st Century - 1990 AD? to 2099 AD)
Description
Grade II. Public house. C17, altered. Timber frame with brick infill to right gable, C19 brick front with toothed eaves. Slate roof, brick stacks to g ables. 2 storeys, 4 bays. 4-panel sash windows, those to ground floor with whitewashed voussoir heads and keyblocks. First floor of second bay blank. C20 door in third bay with cornice hood on cut brackets. Roof continues over carriage entry to left with weatherboarding and board doors (B1).
The Crooked Billet Inn is documented from at least 1753 onwards and closed in 1990. Now a private house. Red brick with vitreous headers. Has decorative bracket for a hanging sign.Timber frame (?cruck frame) visible on right hand gable. Appears to have been refronted and the roof raised (B2).
Sources (2)
- <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. p77.
- <2>SBC24473 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2010. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Winslow.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 76850 27550 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 23 2025 9:42PM
