Building record 1310303000 - WISTERIA COTTAGE, LITTLE HAVEN & OLD COTTAGE, TURVILLE

Summary

Row of three seventeenth century timber-framed houses with nineteenth and twentieth century alterations, one formerly used as a chair-making workshop.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125639: WISTERIA COTTAGE, LITTLE HAVEN AND OLD COTTAGE (DBC5117)

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) WOOD WORKERS WORKSHOP? (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • FURNITURE FACTORY? (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Row of 3 cottages. C17, altered C19, the third bay refurbished C20. Two bays to left have timber frame with brick infill to front, and flint and brick to rear. Front wall of right bays rebuilt in brick. Old tile roof, external brick chimneys to gables, central chimney of C17 narrow brick. One storey and attic, 4 bays. Irregular barred wooden casements, those to second bay very small. Upper windows in gabled eaves- line dormers. C20 door between left bays; another to right of third bay with small gabled wooden hood; old board door with board hood to left of right bay. Small C20 extension at left end, other extensions to rear. Interior has timber framing in cross walls and part of original rear walls; one bay has stop-chamfered spine beam. Left chimney formerly had oven for drying chair-legs (B1).
The chair-leg factory of W Ayres closed in 1920 or 1921 (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p76.
  • <2>SBC23483 Digital archive: High Wycombe Library, Wycombe Museum & Bucks Free Press. 2009. Caption to photograph on 'Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs' website. Caption to photo ref RHW:46732.

Location

Grid reference SU 76733 91160 (point)
Civil Parish TURVILLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2009 4:24PM

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