Building record 1270200000 - PENN CHURCH HALL
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1124970: PENN CHURCH HALL (DBC6385)
Map
Type and Period (5)
- CHURCH HALL (Built 1839, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- PIT (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1999 AD?)
- DEMOLITION DEBRIS? (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1999 AD?)
- WALL? (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1999 AD?)
- SCHOOL (19th Century - 1839 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Grade II. Dated 1839 with right hand wing dated 1910 by Charles Harrison-Townsend (Pevsner). Yellow brick; tiled roof. Gabled wings flank centre which has tall gabled window with hood mould. Mullioned or Mullioned and transomed windows with hoodmoulds. Stone date plaques and curzon monogram in left hand gable (B1).
Watching brief carried out in January 2010 by Archaeological Solutions identified an undated small pit and either the remains of a brick wall foundation or possibly a layer of demolition debris underlying 0.4m-0.6m of modern make-up layers. See report for detail (B2).
The yellow brick Tudor Church Hall of 1838-9, designed as a girls' school for the first Earl Howe by Blore, with a skillfully matched r-hand wing by Harrison Townsend, 1910 (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p49.
- <2>SBC23638 Unpublished document: Archaeological Solutions. 2010. Proposed Extension, Holy Trinity Church Hall, Church Road, Penn: Archaeological Monitoring and Recording.
- <3>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p596.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91608 93340 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: AS 1267) (EBC17298)
Record last edited
Aug 19 2013 12:09PM
