Building record 1305701000 - THE CHEQUERS INN, FINGEST
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125719: THE CHEQUERS INN (DBC5198)
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Type and Period (1)
- INN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
Grade II. Public house. Early C18. Red and vitreous chequer brick to front, remainder flint with brick dressings. Old tile roof, flanking external brick chimneys. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Front has flint plinth, first floor band course of finely bonded brick, and coved wooden eaves cornice. Paired barred wooden casements with gauged brick heads, the outer windows with C19 board shutters. 2 flat-roofed dormers. Central double half-glazed doors with C20 flat wooden hood on brackets. Narrow brick extension around chimney to left; single storey flint extension with dentil brick eaves and hipped roof to right. Central brick catslide projection to rear. Interior has bolection-moulded stone fireplace in left room [B1].
Negative evaluation carried out by Oxford Archaeology in September 2004, to rear of building (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p31.
- <2>SBC22257 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2004. Chequers Public House, Fingest: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
Location
Grid reference | SU 77707 91095 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (Ref: FICP 04) (EBC16524)
Record last edited
Jun 17 2019 10:09AM