Building record 1140700000 - 25 HIGH STREET

Summary

Sixteenth century timber-framed house, originally part of single range with the neighbouring house, formerly a post office, now an antiques shop.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1204194: NO 25 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • POST OFFICE (Modern - 1923 AD to 1967 AD?)
  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, at one time part of a single range, with No.27. C16 altered. Timber framed with brick infill and some refacing to ground floor. LH bay has close studding and plaster infill, below projecting 1st floor. Old tile roof, tall brick chimney. Restored timber framed gable over carriageway to LH, with a modern 2-light leaded casement. Built into flank wall in arch is a roughly shaped stone pedestal believed to be a stoup from a church. 2-storeys, 3 bays, 3-light mullioned and transomed leaded windows to centre and RH first floor and RH bay of ground floor. 6-panel door to LH of centre, with small canted bay window on LH, with leaded glazing. INTERIOR:Ground floor: front rooms, now one, have large fireplaces; 2 posts at right end have remnants of painting. C18/early-C19 dog-leg stair at rear with columnar lintel and wall-painting to adjacent wall and posts depicting coloured stylised foliage and repeat geometrical design. Principal and common rafters to roof. [RCHM I p.307 MON. 19 (part). F W Reader, Wall-paintings of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries recently discovered in Bosworth House, Wendover, Bucks, Archaeol. Assoc., 1934, pp77-97.](B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p97, Amended 30th July 1999.
  • <2>SBC13189 Article in serial: Francis W Reader. 1931. 'Decorative Paintings of the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries Recently Discovered in Bosworth House, Wendover', in Recs of Bucks 12 pp225-238 & Plates I-IX. Vol 12, No 5.

Location

Grid reference SP 86791 07777 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 9 2018 1:28PM

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