Monument record 0967500000 - Montcrieff's Cottage

Summary

Site of post-medieval timber-framed thatched cottage, demolished in 1967.

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (Demolished 1967, 17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD? to 1999 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

Set paralell to the Leckhampstead Road, and on the corner of Church Hill. A timber framed cottage of one storey and attics, of two bays, the framing two panels high with corner braces, plus an added bay. Gable end window and the roof had clasped purlins. The building was originally thatched, quarter hipped to the W, with three eyebrow dormers, later the roof replaced with corrugated tiles and eventually demolished c.1967-8 (B1).
Photos of building in 1960s (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23345 Unpublished document: P Woodfield. 2005. Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Surveys: Akeley.
  • <2>SBC24190 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2011. 2 Church Hill, Akeley: Archaeological Trench Evaluation.

Location

Grid reference SP 70916 37541 (point)
Civil Parish AKELEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 18 2012 7:28PM

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