Building record 1196700000 - THE HARROW, 3 BUCKINGHAM STREET

Summary

Eighteenth century or earlier timber-framed inn know as The Harrow

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1319169: YE OLDE HARROW INN (DBC3344)

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Type and Period (1)

  • INN (18th Century to 21st Century - 1700 AD? to 2099 AD)

Description

Grade II. C18. 2 storeys attic and cellar. Colourwashed stucco on projecting plinth. Wide flat eaves cornice. Old tile roof, 2 dormers, 2 windows, 4 panes wide, and one fixed leaded light on 1st floor. 2 angular bays, modern lead lights, and C19 door on ground floor. Timber framed gable at back. Chamfered ceiling beams. Careful restoration might reveal more features of interest. Main structure may be earlier than C18. Nos 3 to 11 (odd) form a group (B1).

Formerly The Barleycorn Inn is two-storeyed, probably timber-framed, but now covered thickly with cement. The roofs are tiled. It appears to have been built in the C16th or C17th, and the long, low, street front, with two gables, probably retains its original form, but all of the details are modernThe Harrow Inn is a two-storeyed brick house. The roof is tiled. It incorporates the remains of a C17th rectangular or L-shaped building. Condition - Fairly good, and much rebuilt (B4).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest:Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Aylesbury. p4.
  • <2>SBC24066 Bibliographic reference: Richard Bisgrove. 1992. The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
  • <4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p30.

Location

Grid reference SP 81950 13845 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2026 3:49PM

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