Building record 1284802000 - PIGEONHOUSE FARMHOUSE, SHEEPRIDGE LANE

Summary

Sixteenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Pigeonhouse Farm, with eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century alterations.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1158994: PIGEONHOUSE FARMHOUSE (DBC5397)

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Type and Period (2)

  • FARMHOUSE (16th Century to Modern - 1500 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, now 2 dwellings. C16, altered C18 and C19, renovated C20. Colourwashed roughcast, the rear wall with concealed timber framing. Brick eaves, plain tile roof hipped over left bay. Right gable is shaped with brick coping. Rebuilt brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the left bay a C19 extension, the right bay enlarged to right C18. C20 4-light barred wooden casements. Similar 2-light casement to right of left bay, over C20 board door. Board door between right bays with minimal board hood on shaped brackets. Small C20 rendered porch to right gable. Interior: 3 original bays have some timber framing in internal walls; centre bay has central hollow-chamfered arch-braced truss, chamfered arched wind-braces, and inserted C17 chimney and floor with heavy stop- chamfered spine beam (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C. p8.

Location

Grid reference SU 88694 88927 (point)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2008 5:19PM

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