Building record 1302505000 - FELIX COTTAGE, BOX TREE & THE OTHER COTTAGE, WHITELEAF

Summary

Pair of sixteenth century timber-framed houses with a late eighteenth to early nineteenth century house attached.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125791: FELIX COTTAGE, BOX TREE AND THE OTHER COTTAGE (DBC5270)

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) JETTIED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Grade II. Row of 3 cottages. 2 cottages to left are C16, cottage to right is late C18-early C19. C16 part is timber framed with brick, plaster and render infill, whitewashed to left; ground floor of left bay partly rebuilt in whitewashed flint and brick. Right bay also whitewashed flint and brick. Old tile roof, brick chimneys to left and between right bays. 2 storeys, C16 part with upper storey jettied to front on moulded bressumer. 3 bays. Barred wooden casements: 4 2-light to first floor; larger 2-light windows to ground floor of right bays; 3-light to ground floor left. 2 board doors between left bays, another to right with segmental head. Interior: small curved braces to central cross beams and tie beam, another to tie beam in rear right-hand corner. Slightly curved wind-braces (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p94.

Location

Grid reference SP 81860 04095 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 22 2025 10:21PM

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