Building record 1246100000 - THE CHEQUERS PUBLIC HOUSE & STABLE WING
Summary
Early eighteenth century inn called 'The Chequers' with attached stable wing
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1237826: THE CHEQUERS PUBLIC HOUSE AND ATTACHED STABLE WING (DBC6666)
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Type and Period (2)
- INN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- STABLE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
Grade II. Early C18. Painted brick, old tile roof. Two storeys with tile roofed verandah to ground floor. Three doors and two 2-light horizontal sliding casements to ground floor, two 2-light casements to first floor. Large brick chimney stack projects from left-hand gable. Lean-to addition on left linking to modern lean-to on front of stable wing. This is C18, flint with brick dressings, old tile roof, dentil brick eaves, two storeys, central door with loft entrance over changed to window, two flanking 2-light casements (B1).
The Chequers is a 17th century inn, refaced in brick in 1802. In 1759 the licensee was recorded as Hannah Boddington. In 1802 Wellers brewery bought the Chequers (B2).
Sources (2)
- <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. p62.
- <2>SBC25894 Unpublished document: Nicholas Salmon & Clive Birch. 1991. Yesterday's Town: Amersham. pp71,110,111,122.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 96434 97120 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2023 1:36PM
