Building record 1155300000 - 12 UPPER STREET

Summary

Sixteenth to seventeenth century timber-framed thatched house, with later alterations

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 42248: 12 UPPER STREET

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) CROSS PASSAGE HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C16 - C17, altered. Timber frame with whitewashed render infill, thatched roof, and rebuilt chimney with grouped shafts of thin brick between left bays. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Irregular leaded casements, those to ground floor centre and first floor of left bays old, remainder C20. Upper windows in right bays are cross casements, partly in thatch. C20 door to right. Another door to right of left bay has thatch hood and flanking old single leaded lights. Small wing to rear of right bay has some timber framing inside. Lean-to to remainder of rear. Interior: outer bays have heavy joists along axis of building, the left bay also with cross passage; centre bay has stop-chamfered spine beam and joists and single-sided stone fireplace; small blocked 2-light window in original rear wall has diamond and moulded mullions. RCHM II p.247 Mon. 21 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19269 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p54.

Location

Grid reference SP 74480 20214 (point)
Civil Parish QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 7 2023 4:31PM

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