Building record 1022200000 - THE ROSARY
Summary
Medieval wychert thatched house with seventeenth and eighteenth century alterations
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1311474: THE ROSARY
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Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (Medieval to 18th Century - 1066 AD to 1799 AD)
- CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
Description
Grade II. Cottage. Medieval, C17,C18. Witchert colourwashed and rendered, gable to lane roughcast. Thatch roof, half-hipped. 2 bays and 2 storeys. Entry between left hand bays and in front of stack on north-west side. Irregular casements, mostly modern. 2 eyebrow windows in thatch on south east and one on north-west elevations. Interior: Medieval cruck truss remains, a single blade to south of stack. Left ground floor room has chamfered and stopped spine beam, others chamfered only (B2)
1 cruck truss with re-used, elbowed blades. Source: A.G. Taylor (B1). Recorded as "Rose and Crown, Chearsley" but presumed to be same building.
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
- <2>SBC19924 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Ashendon &C. p.14.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 71991 10526 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHEARSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Dec 21 2009 10:41AM
