Building record 1290600000 - THE OLD HOUSE, FORTY GREEN

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed thatched house with nineteenth and twentieth century extensions.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125804: THE OLD HOUSE (DBC5283)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C17 with C19 and C20 extensions. Timber frame with colourwashed brick infill, half-hipped thatch roof, pair of brick chimney shafts between left bays. 1 1/2 storeys, 3 bays. Irregular leaded casements, some C20, those to upper storey in thatch. Single lights and blocked door in line with chimney, C20 door between right bays of E. side. Single storey C19-C20 extension of one bay to left; C20 matching wing projects to right. W. side has C20 lean-to, formerly with entry. Interior has diagonal bracing and a stop-chamfered spine beam in central room (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20224 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Bledlow &C. p14.

Location

Grid reference SP 76335 03658 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 12 2014 1:57PM

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