Building record 1245430000 - 1 GERMAIN STREET

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed house on Germain Street, refronted in the eighteenth century and used as a shop in the nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124623: NO 1 GERMAIN STREET

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SHOP (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Tall C18 front of chequered red and blue grey brickwork. 2 storeys. Early C19 oriel shop bay window with glazing bars, frieze and cornice continued as hood over half glazed door. 2 1st floor sash windows with glazing bars in reveals under cutter flat arches. Front conceals Cl7 timber framed structure with brick nogging, tiled roof (B1).
Negative watching brief carried out by Thames Valley Archaeological Services in January and February 2013 during groundworks for residential development to the rear of the listed building. Up to 0.72m of made ground was found to overly a possible buried soil layer 0.25m thick. See report for detail (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p24.
  • <2>SBC24387 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2013. 1 Germain Street, Chesham: Archaeological Watching Brief.

Location

Grid reference SP 95910 01426 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching Brief (Ref: GSC 12/55) (EBC17593)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2022 12:38PM

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