Building record 1269000000 - BOTTOM FARMHOUSE, BEACON HILL

Summary

Fifteenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Bottom Farm, with modern extensin

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124965: BOTTOM FARMHOUSE
  • Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building at Bottom Farmhouse, Penn

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Type and Period (4)

  • FARMHOUSE (15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) HALL HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) CROSS WING HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

Grade II. Late medieval hall house with 2 storey cross wing. Timber frame with later brick infill. Tiled roof. Large brick stack inserted into former smoke bay between hall and crosswing. Entrance opposite stack with modern porch; 3-light modern casements. Weatherboarded lean-to at end of hall wing, and small modern rear extension with hipped gable. Interior has chamfered arch-braced collar truss formerly in centre of hall visible in attic, and chamfered posts supporting it on ground and first floors. Exposed trusses throughout (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. p45.

Location

Grid reference SU 90820 92416 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2022 1:54PM

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