Building record 1301502000 - SADDLERS & FRIARS COTTAGE, MONKS RISBOROUGH

Summary

Pair of seventeenth century timber-framed houses, partly rebuilt in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125813: SADDLERS AND FRIARS COTTAGE (DBC5292)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Pair of houses. C17, altered. Left bays rebuilt late C18-early C19 in flint with brick quoins and window surrounds; old tile roof, half- hipped to left. Right bays have some timber framing exposed to rear, remainder rebuilt in red brick early-mid C19, with thatched roof, half-hipped to right. Central brick chimney with grouped shafts. 1½-2 storeys, 4 bays. Irregular C20 leaded casements to ground floor, that to right of centre in canted bay window with hipped tile roof. Small old 2-light leaded casements in centre bays, the left below eaves, the right in thatch. C20 half-glazed door between left bays, board door between right bays, both with segmental heads. Lean-to timber shed to left, later single storey wing with timber frame to rear of right bay, probably mid C18. Interior: right bays have original partition with remains of heavy curved brace (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p70.

Location

Grid reference SP 81348 04339 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2025 4:07PM

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