Building record 1037900000 - DUCK BOTTOM, 15 FLINT STREET

Summary

Seventeenth century witchert house with eighteenth century alterations and attached former stable and outbuilding, incorporated into the house in the early twentieth century and wichert boundary walls

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332943: DUCK BOTTOM AND GARDEN WALL AND THATCHED GARDEN ROOM TO SOUTH WEST OF DUCK BOTTOM (DBC3338)

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Type and Period (6)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PIT (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • STABLE (Altered about 1930, 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • OUTBUILDING (Altered about 1930, 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • BOUNDARY WALL (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD)
  • SUMMERHOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C17, altered C.18. Witchert, colourwashed and roughcast. Old tile roofs. Left part 2 bays and 2 storeys, right part slightly lower and 2 wide bays and 2 storeys. Centre board door, 3-light leaded casements, flanking stacks. Right bays originally stable and outbuilding but raised to two storeys and converted to living accommodation c1930. Left hand bay has 3-light casements, central 2-light casement and gable stack. Fronting alley at south-west is attached witchert wall, part rendered, on a rubble plinth with a tile and cement ridge coping. At west end of wall is witchert garden room with pyramidal thatched roof. Interior of house has stairs in brick lean to with moulded handrail and lattice balustrade. At rear 2 C18 3-light leaded casements, the south triplet now blocked. Chamfered and stopped spine beams to ground and first floor rooms (B1).
Watching brief and trial trenching in garden of Duck Bottom, Flint Street, found a pit containing 16th-19th century pottery. No other archaeological deposits were encountered (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>SBC23054 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2008. Archaeological investigation at Duck Bottom, 15 Flint Street, Haddenham.

Location

Grid reference SP 73976 08024 (point)
Civil Parish HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief and trial trenching (Ref: HMFS08) (EBC16920)

Record last edited

Jul 2 2022 8:52PM

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