Building record 1090700000 - The Cottage, 104 High Street, Long Crendon

Grade II. Medieval, C16/17 and later. One storey and attic, rubble stone and timber-frame with cruck trusses visible in end gables and rear wing gable. Thatch. Door right of centre with one 2-light casement on right and three similar on left. Two upper windows in thatch. Left hand gable has front cruck blade in situ. Right hand gable has complete cruck truss, partly covered by large stone stack. Later rear wing with timber-framed gable including straight sided cruck truss of smaller section than main building. Interior has further complete cruck trusses and C16/17 inserted floor beams and chimney stack (B1).
Buildings report held at NMR (B2)
Front wing identified as having 4 cruck trusses with curved blades; rear wing having 1 cruck truss with straight blades. Source: G.M. Beresford; Rec. Buckinghamshire, 17, 1967,134 (B3).
Building survey and dendro-dating carried out in January 1989 suggest the building was constructed as a three-bay hall house using timber with a felling date range of 1466-1497. A service bay probably occupied bay 1, with an open hall and hearth in bay 2 and a chamber in bay 3. All the cruck trusses remain, but have been considerably altered. In the 16th century an additional bay was added to the rear of bay 3 and a floor inserted into bay 3, probably for a parlour and bedroom. Bays 1 and 2 were floored over in the 17th century and chimneys inserted in bays 1, 2 and 3, possibly with staicases in bays 1 and 2 and a door inserted between bays 1 and 2 at first floor level. The rear and gable wall of bay 1 was rebuilt in stone. In the 20th century the ground floor rear wall of bay 2 was demolished, a brick extension added and a partition inserted between the two rooms. See report for detail (B4).