Building record 1307700000 - CROOKED CHIMNEY COTTAGE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332108: CROOKED CHIMNEY COTTAGE (DBC5959)
- Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building at Crooked Chimney Cottage, Skirmett (DBC9781)
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Type and Period (3)
- HOUSE (16th Century to Modern - 1500 AD to 1945 AD)
- CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD)
Description
Grade II. House. C16 with C20 additions. Timber frame with exposed cruck trusses to gables, and whitewashed brick, flint and plaster infill. Old tile roof, flanking brick chimneys with crooked shafts, the right chimney totally rebuilt 1985. One storey and attic, 2 bays. C20 wooden casements, 2-light to ground floor left, remainder 3-light. Upper windows are in gabled dormers. C20 board door to left of centre. C20 whitewashed brick extension set back to left; tall C20 tile-hung jettied bay to centre rear. Interior has central cruck truss with large curved braces from Transverse sill beam to cruck blades; both bays have traces of very early upper floors. Cruck blades terminate just above the collars (B1).
3 cruck trusses with elbowed blades. Source: A.G. Taylor; Trans. Leicestershire Archaeol. Hist. Soc (B2).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p55.
- <2>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.
- <3>SBC24269 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2012. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Crooked Chimney Cottage, Shogmoor Lane, Skirmett.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 77686 89893 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 7 2021 5:35PM
