Building record 1158700000 - THE FIVE ELMS, WEEDON

Summary

Mid eighteenth century thatched inn known as The Five Elms, with nineteenth century extensions.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124304: THE FIVE ELMS (DBC2328)

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Type and Period (1)

  • INN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Public house. Mid C18, altered. Brick, partly chequered with blue headers, first floor band course and irregular vertical recessed strips. Thatched roof, flanking brick chimneys. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. Irregular casements, 3-light flanking 2-light. Ground floor outer windows are C20 with wooden glazing bars; upper left window is leaded; other first floor windows have plain glazing in old frames. Board doors between right bays and to left, the latter in lean-to timber porch with slate roof. Stone sundial with semi-spherical hollow between left bays. C19 extensions of brick with slate roofs to left (B1).
In 1872 the Five Elms was recorded as having been licenced for over 50 years. The licencee was Ezra Welch and Frederick Thorn of Weedon was the owner (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19269 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p93.
  • <2>SBC25727 Unpublished document: Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire. 1872. Return of Licensed Public Houses and Beer Houses.

Location

Grid reference SP 81398 18103 (point)
Civil Parish WEEDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 7 2023 10:21PM

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