Building record 1594300000 - Sovereign/Crown Inn

Summary

Sovereign Inn/ Crown

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • INN (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

(SP 7665 2517) Sovereign Inn (NAT) (B1).
The Sovereign Inn, 240 yards NNW of the church, is of two storeys, built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century. The walls are part covered with roughcast or cement, and partly of modern brick; the roofs are tiled. The plan was originally T-shaped, the short central wing projecting towards the N; a modern addition has been built in the NE angle. Over the central wing is an original chimney stack with
square shafts set diagonally on a rectangular base moulded at the top. Interior:- one room has a large ceiling beam and an open fireplace,
and some of the other rooms have original ceiling-beams. Condition-Fairly good; the cement is cracking badly (B2).

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 (3)

  • <1>SBC28463 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. OS 6" 1900 MAP.
  • <2>XYSBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 2 North. Volume 2. [Mapped feature: #52944 ]
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 7665 2517 (point) NRHE grid ref
Civil Parish GRANBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2026 4:09PM

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