Building record 0966700000 - The Bull and Butcher, Akeley

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century public house known as The Bull and Butcher, incorporating the remains of a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century timber-framed house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Akeley Conservation Area (DBC8012)

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Type and Period (2)

  • PUBLIC HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

An 18th-19th century Public House, the building occupies the NW corner of The Square, with outbuildings to the rear stretching along the Main Street to Buckingham. It is attached to No.2 The Square at the SE end. The building contains the scant remains of a ?two-bay single storey timber-framed cottage probably of the late 16th or early 17th century, ranged parallel to the Main Road. It may have originally been longer. Early photograph shows a 1.5 storey thatched building on the corner bay which may have been a separate dwelling (B1).
The Bull and Butcher appears to be a 19th century building, although it contains the remains of much earlier buildings (C16) within the structure. The public house abuts the Square and is pebble dashed with standard casement windows and brick chimneys. There is a small porch over the main door, and two bay windows at ground floor level. The pub signage is traditional in design, consisting of painted timber and brass lettering and has minimal lighting. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Akeley (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23345 Unpublished document: P Woodfield. 2005. Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Surveys: Akeley.
  • <2>SBC23088 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2007. Akeley Conservation Area. Appendix IV.

Location

Grid reference SP 70786 37728 (point)
Civil Parish AKELEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 20 2021 1:53PM

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