Building record 1408500000 - 16 & 17 Market Square

Summary

Seventeenth century house with nineteenth and twentieth century alterations, now a shop

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1201398: NOS 16 AND 17 MARKET SQUARE

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Type and Period (2)

  • SHOP (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD)
  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Shop and dwelling. C17, with C19 and C20 alterations. Rendered with incised masonry patterns and C20 plain-tile roof. Probably 2-unit plan originally. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. C20 shop front to right of centre. Canted bay window to left of centre. C19 horned and quartered sash windows to 1st floor with moulded, rendered surrounds. Rendered plinth and painted lead rainwater heads either end of coped parapet. 3 gabled roof dormer windows with 2-light casements. INTERIOR: cellar/basement has chamfered spine beams and 2 fireplaces with chamfered bressumers. Probably partly used as a basement kitchen. Boxed spine beams to 1st floor. Bolection-moulded wood surround to corner fireplace in 1st-floor room to rear. 3-bay roof with collar trusses. Round-arched bracing to collar with chamfers. 1 tier of purlins visible (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM. p94.

Location

Grid reference SP 69589 33998 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2023 7:18PM

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