Building record 1248400000 - GYMNASIUM TO THE BEACON SCHOOL

Summary

Eighteenth century timber-framed barn, now used as gym to Beacon School.

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  • Listed Building (II) 1238824: GYMNASIUM TO THE BEACON SCHOOL (DBC6710)

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Type and Period (3)

  • BARN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BARN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • GYMNASIUM (SPORTS) (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Former barn, C18 timber framed, outshots to east with brick walls. Old tile roof, gabled cart entry with altered treatment of exposed timbers, weatherboarded gable with clock. Interior: seven bays, straight braces to tiebeams, raking queenposts to lower purlins, collar and queen struts to upper purlins. (RCHM I p 102 MON 3)(B1).

Sources (1)

  • <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. p97.

Location

Grid reference SU 95827 99716 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM BOIS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Mar 26 2021 9:56PM

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