Building record 1210700000 - THE WHITE HART (CREST HOTEL), AYLESBURY END

Summary

Sixteenth or seventeenth century timber-framed inn with twentieth century alterations, called the White Hart Hotel and later the Crest Hotel

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 43641: THE CREST HOTEL, AYLESBURY END (DBC1529)

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • HOTEL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. C16/17 but externally mostly modern. Interior has much old timbering in ceiling beams, etc. Two storeys with one storey wing on left hand; old tile roof with chimney on ridge. Ground floor with 3 shallow bay windows on brackets and with glazing bars; 2 entrances with modern doors; small window with leaded lights. First floor with a gable above each door; two 2-light casements with leaded lights. On the return in Shepherds Lane, a long wing mostly of colourwashed brick. RCHM I, p44, item (18); VCH III, p156 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p2.

Location

Grid reference SU 94491 90144 (point)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 24 2025 4:08PM

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