Building record 1319701000 - THE FALCON, 9 CORNMARKET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1310847: THE FALCON HOTEL (DBC5789)
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Type and Period (2)
- INN (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
Description
Grade II. Hotel. Late C17; refronted late C18. Render over timber frame; gabled old tile roof; brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys; 4-window range. C20 double doors set in mid C19 classical stone porch. Late C18 tripartite sash set in moulded wood architrave to left; blocked window to right. Similar first-floor 12-pane sashes and second-floor 9-pane sashes set in moulded wood architraves; late C17/early C18 coved plaster cornice. Gabled dormer with C18 two-light casement with wrought-iron fittings. Late C18 two-storey, 3-bay range to right,of render over brick with gabled old tile roof and brick end stack: segmental arches over 3 mid C19 horned 12-pane sashes on ground floor and 2 late C18 twelve-pane sashes on first floor. Interior: mid C19 staircase with turned balusters and mock panelling; mid C19 panelled doors. Exposed late C17 wall plate and studs to first floor; late C17 three-bay queen-post roof with clasped purlins (B1).
Buildings report dated Jul 1944 - Jun 1989 held at NMR (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. Amended 26th September 1988.
- <2>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF087793.
Location
Grid reference | SU 86530 93005 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
Record last edited
Jul 27 2023 9:20PM