Building record 1103100000 - BOOT HOUSE, 4 SMITHFIELD END

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed inn known as The Boot, with nineteenth century alterations and now a house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 400340: BOOT HOUSE (DBC4427)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, formerly inn. C17, altered and extended early C19. 2 bays to right have timber frame with brick infill, left bay is of brick with moulded plinth. Tiled roof, brick chimney to right, 2 storeys and cellar, 3 bays. Left bays have paired wooden casements, right bay has canted bay window with hipped tiled roof to ground floor, and 2-light leaded casement above. Flush panelled door between right- hand bays. Gable to street has 3-light casements, of barred metal to ground floor, leaded to first floor, and C20 wooden casement to cellar. RCHM II p. 292 Mon. 20 (B1).
In 1872 the 'Boot' was recorded as having been licenced for over 50 years. The licencee was Mary White and the owner was John Chapman of Woughton (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20017 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Dunton &C. p65.
  • <2>SBC25727 Unpublished document: Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire. 1872. Return of Licensed Public Houses and Beer Houses.

Location

Grid reference SP 79895 27515 (point)
Civil Parish SWANBOURNE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 24 2024 6:35PM

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