Building record 1400600000 - Plough Cottage, 123 High Street North

Summary

Mid-late eighteenth century house, formerly a public house known as the Plough from 1846 to the 1920s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Stewkley Conservation Area (DBC8068)

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD? to 1846 AD?)
  • PUBLIC HOUSE (19th Century to Modern - 1846 AD to 1920 AD?)
  • HOUSE (Modern to 21st Century - 1930 AD? to 2099 AD)

Description

A local building of note within the Conservation Area of Stewkley (B1).
The Plough opened in 1846 and closed in the 1920s. The building is mid-late C18 with its main elevation to High Street North. 3 bays 2 storeys, rear projection with further large C20 rear extension added. Brick construction or possibly timber-framed, rendered and painted. Gabled roof, clay tiles. 2 chimneys, one in north gable and one between south and middle bays. Door currently in south gable with hipped and tiled hood on wooden supports (old photograph show the doors were in the main (east) elevation to south and central bays). Windows all replacement small casements with leaded lights. Cellar under rear projection only (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23786 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2001. Stewkley Conservation Area. p38.
  • <2>SBC24449 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2012. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Stewkley.

Location

Grid reference SP 84607 26784 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2021 3:24PM

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