Building record 1405800000 - Almshouses, 5-10 Church Street

Summary

A row of single storey terraced almshouses constructed of stone and dating from 1910 - Almshouse founded 1431, rebuilt 1702, present building 1910.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Buckingham Conservation Area (DBC8025)
  • Local Heritage List 3730: Almshouses, 5-10 Church Street, Buckingham (DBC10545)

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Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (Dated 1910, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

To the south-west of the Radcliffe centre are nos. 5 to 10, Church Street, which is a row of single storey terraced almshouses constructed of stone and dating from 1910. Set a short distance back from the pavement, these buildings occupy the former site of the Barton Hospital which was founded in 1431. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Buckingham (B1).


[Name SP 69403368] Barton's Hospital [NR] (B2).
Barton's Hospital, founded 1431, rebuilt 1702, recorded on a contemporary stone reinserted in the present building, erected 1910 (B3)
Bartons Hospital: quite modern almhouses of 6 dwellings. The old date stone reinserted in the present building is now indecipherable (B4).
NRHE insert 2001 (B5).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC23656 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2005. Buckingham Conservation Area. p67.
  • <2>SBC28675 Map: Ordnance Survey. OS 25".
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3.
  • <4>SBC28669 Verbal communication: C F Wardale (Ordnance Survey Field Investigator). 1970. Field Investigators Comments - F1 CFW 12-MAY-70. OS70/F9/9 and 10.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 69415 33677 (point) NGR to centre of row.
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 22 2025 2:05PM

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