Building record 1192706000 - 58 & 58A WELL STREET

Summary

Early to mid-seventeenth century house with nineteenth and twentieth century alterations, formerly The Bull public house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1201418: NOS 58 AND 58A WELL STREET

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PUBLIC HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, formerly public house, now divided into 2 dwellings. Early-mid C17, altered C19 and C20. Coursed limestone rubble. Eaves raised C19 in red brick, when house was cement-rendered, replaced by stone when render was stripped C20. Concrete tiled roof. Projecting stone stack to right gable end with pair of rendered brick diagonal flues, partially cut down. L-plan. 2 storey 3-window range. Street front has C20 door to left of centre, 2-light C20 casement window to ground floor left, similar 3-light windows to ground floor right of door and to first floor, all with wood lintels. 2-storey, 2-window wing (No.58A) to rear left with hipped tile roof. INTERIOR: ogee stop-chamfered spine beams and some original stop-chamfered joists. Main ground-floor room to right of entrance passage has large chamfered brick Tudor-arched fireplace opening; relieving beam above fireplace. Painted chevron ornament retained on some first-floor beams. C17 roof structure largely survives with collar beams to principals and queen struts; 1 tier of purlins. Wing to rear left (No. 58A) was probably a barn or other outbuilding originally and has queen strut trusses to roof. Reputed formerly to have been a public house, The Bull.

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM.

Location

Grid reference SP 69601 33802 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 29 2022 7:00PM

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