Building record 1064800000 - YEW TREES, HIGH STREET

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed house with eighteenth to nineteenth century alterations and extensions.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1117885: YEW TREES (DBC4194)

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Type and Period (2)

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

Description

Grade II. House. C17, altered and extended C18 and C19. Bay to left of centre has some timber framing with thin brick infill and external brick chimney to left. N. front of this bay is mostly obscured by later C19 whitewashed brick lean-to which is continued across early C19 extension to left. 2 taller bays to right are whitewashed and have coved plaster eaves, the lower walls being of brick, the upper roughcast, probably over timber frame. Whitewashed rendered chimney to left has 'V' pilaster to rear. Rear walls rebuilt in brick with dentil eaves late C18. Old tile roofs. L-plan with late C18 wing to rear. 2 storeys and cellar. N. front is irregular: bay to left of centre has small dormer window; 2 bays to right have canted bay window with arched lights to ground floor left, and sash to ground floor right over small barred cellar window. Barred windows and board door to lean-to. First floor of right gable has 3-light window with old mullions. Rear has irregular leaded and barred wooden casements, some old, and main entry. C18 rear wing is of chequer brick with moulded first floor band course and an old 3-light leaded window to W. RCHM II p. 157 Mon. 8 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p33.

Location

Grid reference SP 94350 16097 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 25 2023 9:16PM

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