Building record 1416600000 - The Hen and Chicken Public House, Botley Road
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1277832: THE HEN AND CHICKENS PUBLIC HOUSE (DBC6762)
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Type and Period (3)
- HALL HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
- PUBLIC HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1799 AD?)
Description
Grade II. Former open hall house, now a public house. Early C16 with later alterations and additions. Timber frame: brick infill and encasement of C19. Old tiled pitched roof with 2 gabled dormers to front. External gable stack to right, axial ridge stack to left of thin bricks. 1 1/2 storeys, 7 window range at ground floor. 2 entrances, that to right having a bracketed, tiled hood. Mostly C20 casement windows. Interior reveals timber frame of 3 bay hall house with queen post roof: rear pitch of roof with arched windbraces. Front repaired. Right hand bay open to roof, central bay with low ceiling, left hand bay has chamfered and stopped spine beam and inglenook fireplace with chamfered bressumer. Left hand bay of range is a later addition probably late C17/early C18 with cellar and short cross wing to rear (B1).
First licensed before 1822, also known as The Brick and Style (Tile)(B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. Added 24th May 1993.
- <2>SBC23824 Bibliographic reference: Ray East, Keith Fletcher & Peter Hawkes. 2009. Pubs and Inns of Chesham and Villages. p53.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 97806 02136 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 31 2023 3:38PM
