Building record 1263302000 - READING ROOM, HIGH STREET
Summary
Seventeenth century timber-framed building used as a school and in the late nineteenth century as a reading room, with attached war memorial.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1124974: READING ROOM (DBC6389)
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Type and Period (5)
- SCHOOL (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- READING ROOM (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
- HOUSE? (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Grade II. C17 timber-framed building of 3 bays, altered in late C19 to form a Reading Room from earlier conversion to an Infants School. Timber-framed gables with brick infill. Other elevations brick. Old tile roof. Street front with 3 gables and projecting gables porch. False framing in gables. Window to centre gable and 3-light casements flank porch. Painted brick. Roof trusses exposed internally. War memorial attached to west bay front (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p15.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 99020 93482 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Sep 29 2024 4:28PM
