Building record 1052100000 - CHURCH FARMHOUSE, GREAT BRICKHILL

Summary

Possibly seventeenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Church Farm, with eighteenth and nineteenth century alterations and extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1219248: CHURCH FARMHOUSE (DBC3563)

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Type and Period (3)

  • FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

Grade II. House. Late C18 and early C19 remodelling of and extensions to older building. 2 attached blocks. Right block is late C18 and is of vitreous header brick with red brick quoins and window surrounds, first floor band course, moulded brick eaves and rendered plinth. Slate roof, of steeper pitch than usual, with flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Cross casements with altered glazing, those to ground floor with cambered heads. Central C20 door with rebuilt segmental head. Block to left is of early C19 chequer brick with some slight timber framing to rear. Similar slate roof, C17 brick chimney with ā€˜V’ pilasters to right. 2 storeys, 2 bays. C19 3-light wooden casements with segmental heads to first floor and ground floor right. Porch to right, in line with chimney, is of vitreous brick with red dressings and has flush panelled door in segmental head. Ground floor left bay and adjacent lean-to are irregular (B1).
AVDC Conservation team notes that the central staircase has semi-circular arch to concave bulkhead. The left hand block preserves its lobby entry plan with staircase behind the stack (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p16.
  • <2>SBC20300 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. Copy of AVDC Listed Buildings Information Card for Church Farmhouse, John Horn Capps Lane.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 90204 30876 (0m by 1m)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 5 2020 4:28PM

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