Monument record 0096300000 - LITERARY INSTITUTE BUILDING

Summary

Site of sixteenth to seventeenth century town hall and market house known from historical records, demolished in the nineteenth century

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Type and Period (4)

  • MARKET HALL (Demolished between 1847 and 1862, 17th Century to 19th Century - 1615 AD? to 1847 AD?)
  • TOWN HALL (16th Century to 19th Century - 1524 AD? to 1847 AD?)
  • CHURCH HOUSE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1524 AD?)
  • SCHOOL HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1524 AD? to 1847 AD?)

Description

OLD UNSIGHTLY MARKET HOUSE BUILT OF TIMBER & PLASTER IN STYLE OF HENRY VIII'S TIME (B1).
OLD MARKET HOUSE STANDING 1847, HAD DISAPPEARED IN 1862. 1863 LITERARY INSTITUTE BUILT ON THE SITE. 'WENDOVER TOWNE HOUSE' ORIGINALLY CHURCH HOUSE. CONVERTED TO MARKET C1615. EARLY C19 AMATEUR DRAWING (B3).
C19 Literary Institute at NGR (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. p466.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p207.
  • <3>SBC13191 Article in serial: Francis W Reader. 1935. 'DISCOVERY OF A DRAWING OF WENDOVER MARKET HOUSE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP69-76 (2 plates). Vol 13, part 2.
  • <4>SBC12217 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PIKE A R, 17 JUNE 1977, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SP 86947 07885 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16775)

Record last edited

Apr 11 2025 4:06PM

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