Building record 1237900000 - ASHERIDGE FARMHOUSE

Summary

Asheridge Farmhouse, fifteenth century timber-framed hall house with seventeenth to nineteenth century refacing and extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332459: ASHERIDGE FARMHOUSE

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Type and Period (4)

  • FARMHOUSE (15th Century to 19th Century - 1400 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) HALL HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) CROSS WING HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C15 altered and extended. C17-19. Originally timber framed, now outwardly all brick. Old tile roof, slate to C19 west wing. Hall house with cross wing, extended to west. South elevation of hall range has 6-panel door on left, modern 4-light casement on right, two 3-light casements to first floor. Gable of cross wing on left has 3-light sash window to ground floor, 4-light casement above. C17 chimney to north side of hall range. C19 wing with sash windows. Interior. Heavy chamfered joists and beams of C17 inserted floor in hall, C17 inglenook and renewed newel stair in angle of cross wing. Timber framing of cross wing also exposed; first floor, fine chamfered open truss of hall, arched braced tie and collar, large quadrant windbraces in roof. History. The home of Aneurin Bevan 1954-60. RCHM I p 98 MON 28 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC3679 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p1.

Location

Grid reference SP 92944 05391 (point)
Civil Parish CHARTRIDGE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 14 2020 6:49PM

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