Building record 1317800000 - ABBEY BARN FARMHOUSE
Summary
Seventeenth or eighteenth century farmhouse at Abbey Barn Farm.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125202: ABBEY BARN FARMHOUSE
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD? to 1799 AD?)
Description
Grade II. C17 or C18. Colourwashed brick, old tile roof with 3 hipped 2 light casement dormers. 2 storeys and attics, 3 sashes in reveals, with glazing bars and cambered arches. Central door and oblong fanlight under cut bracketed hood. Stucco plinth, corbelled brick cornice. 1 storey and attic west wing with lattice casement and gabled dormer. Abbey Barn Farmhouse, Outbuilding and Barns form a group (B1).
Watching brief carried out by Oxford Archaeology between December 2004 and June 2005 during service trenching, stripping for new access road and ground reduction revealed evidence of 17th or 18th century terracing, construction of the farm buildings and their use (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. p2.
- <2>SBC22449 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Abbey Barn Farm, Abbey Barn Lane, High Wycombe: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 87957 91148 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: HWABF 04) (EBC16617)
Record last edited
Aug 7 2023 9:08PM
