Building record 1142000000 - CANDLE COTTAGE, 8 POUND STREET

Summary

Fifteenth century cruck-built timber-framed house with seventeenth century and later alterations and extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118377: CANDLE COTTAGE (DBC4583)

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1699 AD)
  • CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

Grade II. Cottage, continuous with No.6 [CAS 11319], 2 bays of 4 bay C15 cruck building, altered C17, timber framed with colourwashed brick infill and ground storey. Old tiled roof, brick chimney at RH end and another at LH shared with No. 10 [CAS 11421]. 2 gabled eaves dormers. 1 1/2 storeys, 3-light leaded casement to LH of ground floor, projecting bay to RH with tiled pentice roof, 5-light leaded casement returning on LH flank with 1-light, C20 half glazed door to RH. Party wall with No.6 exposed in through-passage has rubble clunch base of chimney stack. Gabled rear wing. Interior 2 exposed cruck trusses similar to those at No.6, but with attached principal rafters on spurs and original purlins with one curved windbrace. RCHM I.p.306. MON.3 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p102.

Location

Grid reference SP 86710 07752 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 23 2017 2:09PM

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