Building record 1287900000 - 1-5 CHURCH COTTAGES

Summary

Row of five seventeenth century timber-framed, eighteenth and nineteenth century houses, partly reusing an earlier timber cruck frame

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332153: CHURCH COTTAGES

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Five cottages. C17 cross wing to right; 2 centre bays probably C18; early-mid C19 bay to left. C17 wing is timber framed with brick and plaster infill, part whitewashed; centre bays are of chalk rubble, rendered and colourwashed; left bay is of flint and brick. C20 tile roofs, brick chimneys, those to centre and right partly of thin brick. One storey and attic - 2 storeys. C17 gabled bay projects to right and has paired wooden casements and entry in right side. Centre bays have horizontal sliding sash to left, 3-light wooden casement to right, paired wooden casements in gabled dormers, and flanking board doors, the left door in C20 porch. Right bay has 2 storeys of wooden casements with segmental heads, and board door in C20 porch to right. Interior: centre bays have re-used crucks as tie-beams and collars, and re-used heavy purlins (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.

Location

Grid reference SU 80434 84500 (point)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2023 10:36PM

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