Building record 1245604000 - CROWN HOTEL, 16 HIGH STREET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1274906: CROWN HOTEL (DBC6824)
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Type and Period (2)
- INN (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
- WALL PAINTING (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
Grade II. Early C19 front to late C16 building. Red brick, slate roof with eaves cornice. Two storeys, nine double hung sashes in reveals with cills and flat arches, to each floor, ground floor with fielded panelled shutters. Elliptical arched carriageway on left, ground floor window on right is tripartite sash. Rear elevation with tile-hung gable over carriageway, short 2-gabled wing on east side, rendered and painted. Long wing on west side, timber framed with white painted brick infill, modern leaded windows and hotel entrance. Interior: good timber framing exposed on both floors; several important late C16th wall paintings including Coat of Arms of Queen Elizabeth I (B1).
Wall paintings include Tudor royal coat of arms in black paint with 'God save the Quene' above, in a room on the ground floor and a repeat scheme of cartouche-shields in black, red, blue, yellow and green paint in a first floor bedroom (B4).
Negative evaluation in burgage plot to rear of Crown Hotel (B3).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p44.
- <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p10 (no.42).
- <3>SBC19594 Unpublished document: Foundations Archaeology. 2001. Land at The Platt, Old Amersham - archaeological assessment & evaluation.
- <4>SBC13190 Article in serial: Francis W Reader. 1933. 'Tudor Mural Paintings in the Lesser Houses in Bucks', in Recs of Bucks Vol 12 pp368-398 & Plates I-XIV. Vol 12, No 7. pp373-6, Plate IV.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 95760 97300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (EBC16278)
- Event - Survey: Watching brief (EBC16279)
Record last edited
Jan 6 2017 8:06PM
