Building record 1034200000 - EIGHT BELLS HOUSE, 10 CHURCH END

Summary

Seventeenth century thatched witchert inn known as the 'Eight Bells', with nineteenth century extension, now a house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332914: EIGHT BELLS HOUSE (DBC3327)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, formerly an Inn. C17, altered, with C19 South addition. Witchert, roughcast and colourwashed on rendered rubble plinth. South addition has old tile roof, C17 park thatched, half-hipped to north gable. C17 part 3 bays and 1½ storeys. South addition 2 bays and 2 storeys. C17 part has right hand door in modern gabled porch, centre 3-light bay window, 3-light left hand casement. 3-light dormers, outer ones leaded, left hand one of 2-lights. Stack of old thin bricks between left-hand bays, formerly behind entrance (now blocked). Off-centre north gable stack. Left bays 3-light casements, except ground floor left bay which has 2-light casement and board door. Central stack and left-hand lean-to. RCHM I. 108. MON.7 (B1).
Recorded in November 1872 Return of Licensed Public Houses and Beer Houses as having been open for over 50 years (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19924 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Ashendon &C.
  • <2>SBC25727 Unpublished document: Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire. 1872. Return of Licensed Public Houses and Beer Houses.

Location

Grid reference SP 74082 08006 (point)
Civil Parish HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 26 2022 5:27PM

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