Building record 1055600000 - ORCHARD COTTAGE, SCHOOL LANE

Summary

Sixteenth to seventeenth century timber-framed thatched house, with seventeenth and nineteenth century extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1219445: ORCHARD COTTAGE (DBC2602)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C16-C17 bay, extended one bay to right C19, with C17 outbuilding, possibly older and now incorporated into house, to left. Original bay is timber framed with whitewashed render infill, brick and stone plinth. Right bay is of whitewashed brick. Thatched roof with C19 ornamental board eaves, brick coping to right gable, and rebuilt central brick chimney. 1½ storeys. Ground floor has paired wooden casement to left and C20 paired leaded casement to right. First floor has 3-light windows in thatch, the left C20 and leaded, the right wooden with an arched top and central leaded pane. Central C19 gabled porch of whitewashed brick with tiled roof, weatherboarded gable and flush-panelled door. Interior to left bay has some curved braces and a stop-chamfered spine beam. Former outbuilding to left is much rebuilt and has timber frame with whitewashed brick and render infill, weatherboard below the eaves, corrugated asbestos roof and irregular wooden casements to main floor and basement (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p43.

Location

Grid reference SP 87989 29725 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE HAMMOND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 20 2025 1:16PM

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