Building record 1300200000 - CHESTNUT FARMHOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Chestnut Farm, with eighteenth and twentieth century extensions and alterations.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125872: CHESTNUT FARMHOUSE (DBC5351)

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Type and Period (2)

  • FARMHOUSE (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 range of 3 bays with early C18 bay projecting to left of centre and C18 staircase projection in right angle. C20 alterations. C17 range is timber-framed with brick infill, partly rebuilt in brick C18. C18 bay is of chequer brick with brick plinth and band courses. Old tile roofs, brick chimneys, that between right bays of C17 thin brick. Older range is of 1½ storeys, C18 bay of 2 storeys and an attic. Irregular wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, those to first floor rear in gabled eaves-line dormers. Rear also has small blind oval window below dormer in left bay, small paired leaded casement below eaves between left bays, and good C18 6-panelled door with architrave frame and wooden cornice hood to right of centre. C18 bay to front has C20 leaded cross casement to first floor of gable and similar paired casement to attic. C20 brick and timber porch-verandah with hipped tile roof in angle with left bay. C20 lean-to at S. end of C17 range. Interior: heavy stop-chamfered spine beams; curved braces; winder stair with shaped splat balusters. RCHM I p. 272 Mon. 28 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p44.

Location

Grid reference SP 79100 04636 (point)
Civil Parish LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 15 2009 9:07AM

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