Building record 1044600000 - 5 BULLS LANE

Summary

Medieval timber-framed cruck-built thatched house with seventeenth century alterations

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118249: NO 5 BULLS LANE

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD? to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Cottage. Medieval, altered C17. Cruck construction with timber framing. Colourwashed plastered infill. Half hipped thatch roof. 3 bays and one storey plus attic. Gable end to road. Door and 2-light casement to gable with thatched lean-to at right. 2-light gable casement. Off-centre door in left bay of long side elevation. Other bays have 2-light casement. Central 2-light eaves dormer. Stack between right hand bays. Medieval cruck truss exposed to gable and foot of further trusses to side elevation, making it a 2-bay cruck house (B1).
Additional source: J. Blair (B2). Recorded as '4 Butts Lane, Lower Ickford' but presumed to be same building.

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>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.

Location

Grid reference SP 65378 07160 (point)
Civil Parish ICKFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 23 2017 5:11PM

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