Building record 1320811000 - The Apple Orchard, High Street, West Wycombe

Summary

Late sixteenth or early seventeenth century timber-framed inn, known as the White Hart, now a house

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1160219: THE APPLE ORCHARD (DBC5565)

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Type and Period (5)

HOUSE (20th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2099 AD)
INN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
SHOP (Modern - 1970 AD? to 1999 AD?)
(Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
GUEST HOUSE (Modern - 1950 AD? to 1970 AD?)

Description

GRADE II. ONCE THE WHITE HART INN, LATER THE APPLE ORCHARD GUEST HOUSE. LATE C16 OR EARLY C17. COLOUR WASHED BRICKS WITH TIMBER FRAMED 1ST FLOOR OVERSAILING ON EXPOSED CORBELS, OLD TILED ROOF. 2 STOREYS & ATTICS. GROUND FLOOR HAS CENTRAL BAY WINDOW, DOOR FLANKED BY PANELLED PILASTERS WITH SQUARE PANELLED CAPITALS. 1 3 LIGHT AND 1 4 LIGHT WOODEN MULLIONED CASEMENT; 2 DOORS ON LEFT. 1ST FLOOR HAS 3 FLUSH 3 LIGHT WOODEN MULLIONED CASEMENTS AND 1 SINGLE LIGHT CASEMENT. 1 GABLED DORMER. LATE C17 BRICK CHIMNEY STACK WITH IN-AND-OUT QUOINS ENCLOSING ROUND HEADED PANELS ON EACH FACE. INTERIOR HAS EXPOSED CEILING BEAMS ON GROUND FLOOR [B1].
Photographs, location map and detailed plan, submitted with planning application (B2).

Sources (3)

---SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015. National Trust West Wycombe Village; Vernacular Buildings Synthesis Study.
<1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. p60.
<2>SBC22276 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2005. Photographs, detailed plan and location maps submitted with planning application.

Location

Grid reference	SU 82905 94663 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire