Building record 0183400000 - WEEDONS ALMSHOUSES

Summary

Site of seventeenth century Weedon's Almshouses, rebuilt in the late nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124616: WEDON ALMSHOUSES (DBC6115)

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Type and Period (2)

  • ALMSHOUSE (Founded 1624, 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • ALMSHOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

On road towards Chenies at extremity of town (B1).
Gift of Thomas Weedon deceased Sept 1624 (B2).
Erected in James I's reign by Thomas son of Richard Wedon of Pednor (B3).
Comprises 3 tenements for aged women. Oblong plan. Single storey addition to rear SE side. OS no. SP 90 SE 8 (B4).
Grade II. Founded 1624 by the bequest of Thomas Wedon of Pednor. Late C19 rebuilding of earlier structure. Flint rubble, red brick quoins and 4 gables with barge- boards. Tiled roof, 2 chimneystacks each with 4 joined diagonally set shafts. 1 storey and attics, 4 diamond lattice casements, ground floor cambered arches. Gabled hoods to doors and central well pump with wooden casing. Graded partly for historical interest. VCH, III, 204 (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1358 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1834.
  • <2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p264.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp204, 217.
  • <4>SBC10622 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD IN ENVELOPE FILE..
  • <5>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p46.

Location

Grid reference SP 96118 01249 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Nov 8 2024 8:57PM

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