Building record 1241300000 - HOME FARM HOUSE
Summary
Home Farm, medieval and later timber-framed cruck built farmhouse
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332506: HOME FARM HOUSE (DBC6993)
- Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building at Home Farmhouse, Cholesbury (DBC9796)
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Type and Period (4)
- FARMHOUSE (15th Century to 18th Century - 1400 AD? to 1799 AD)
- (Alternate Type) CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD? to 1699 AD)
- (Alternate Type) CROSS WING HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
Description
Grade II. House. Medieval, C17 and later. Painted stucco, tiled roof, gabled wing on right, two gabled eaves dormers on left; two storeys, open porch left of centre, 3-light casement on left, 6-light on right and 3-light on far right in wing; the latter two with arched heads. Three 3-light casements to first floor. East gable has exposed timber framing and chimney stack with tiled offsets. Interior: exposed beams including one medieval cruck truss visible in first floor at back of chimney stack at junction with cross wing. Blades rise to apex and are linked by a saddle piece (B1).
1 cruck truss identified, with straight blades held by a saddle or yoke, carrying only a ridge-piece. Source: R.W. Evans (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3679 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p21.
- <2>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 93018 07042 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 20 2021 2:02PM
